Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter

By E.D.E.N. Southworth

Book Overview

Perhaps while reading Shakespeare you've asked yourself, What exactly is Hamlet trying to tell me? Why must he mince words and muse in lyricism and, in short, whack about the shrub? But if the Prince of Denmark had a Twitter account and an iPhone, he could tell his story in real time--and concisely Hence the genius of Twitterature . Hatched in a dorm room at the brain trust that is the University of Chicago, Twitterature is a hilarious and irreverent re-imagining of the classics as a series of 140-character tweets from the protagonist. Providing a crash course in more than eighty of the world's best-known books, from Homer to Harry Potter, Virgil to Voltaire, Tolstoy to Twilight and Dante to The Da Vinci Code . It's the ultimate Cliffs Notes. Because as great as the classics are, who has time to read those big, long books anymore? Sample tweets: From Hamlet WTF IS POLONIUS DOING BEHIND THE CURTAIN From the Harry Potter series: Oh man big tournament at my school this year PSYCHED I hope nobody dies this year, and every year as if by clockwork. From The Great Gatsby Gatsby is so emo. Who cries about his girlfriend while eating breakfast...IN THE POOL?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143117327
• ISBN13: 9780143117322
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

He Who Laughs Lasts

Someone told me, they hoped this book would make me laugh, cry, smirk and at times feel somewhat scandalized. Oh my! Well, it did. Great job guys, it was what it was meant to be, a ROFL little book. Dennis Keith

Twitter and classic lit - what a combo!

Last night I decided to do a little reading before going to bed. First I read Moby Dick, then I enjoyed a re-reading of Jane Eyre, and I finished by tackling all seven books in the Harry Potter series. Yes, I speed read, but even with that skill there's no way I could read all those books in one night. No, I didn't use Cliffs Notes. So how did I read all those books? I spent some time with the new book Twitterature. The...