Twitterature · The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less

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? *