Klassiska romaner på 140 tecken

Känner du för att bygga på ditt kulturella kapital men inte har tid att läsa tjocka romaner mellan de nya avsnitten av ”Andra Avenyn”? Då kan du läsa de litterära klassikerna i Twitterformat här nedan, romaner sammanfattade med högst 140 ord.

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I väntan på Godot av Samuel Beckett: "Vladimir and Estragon stand next to tree and wait for Godot. Their status is not updated."

Ulysses av James Joyce: "Man walks around Dublin. We follow every
minute detail of his day. He's probably overtweeting."

Stolthet och fördom av Jane Austen: "Woman meets man called Darcy who seems horrible. He turns out to be nice really. They get together."

Lady Chatterlys älskare av DH Lawrence: "Upper-class woman gets it on with gamekeeper."

Räddaren i nöden av JD Salinger: "Rich kid thinks everyone is fake except for his little sister. Has breakdown. @markchapman is now following @johnlennon"

Canterbury Tales av Geoffrey Chaucer: "Pilgrims tell each other stories while walking from London to Canterbury. Includes fart jokes. LOL!"

Emma av Jane Austen: ‘‘Posh young gels marry posh young blighters then live poshly ever after. Swoon!’’

Hamlet av William Shakespeare: ‘‘Typical teen. Rude to parents. Thoughtless with chick. Inconsiderate to oldies. Then harps on about achieving great things. But does zip.’’

Borta med vinden av Margaret Mitchell: ‘‘White Supremacists find each other but lose their cushy way of life.’’

Gamla testamentet: ‘‘War, plague, sex, torture, death, hocus-pocus ... and blokes with long beards.’’

Nya testamentet: ‘‘War, plague, sex, torture, death, hocus-pocus, blokes with long beards. But this time it’s personal.’’

Oliver Twist av Charles Dickens: ‘‘Wishy-washy wimp moves to Big Smoke and is trained in lucrative trade by kindly old cove.’’

Trainspotting av Irving Welsh: ‘‘Nerdy chaps grab notebooks, pens and cosy tank-tops, then go look at trains ... or maybe not.’’

Svindlande höjder av Emily Bronte: ‘‘Dour Yorkshire folk grumpily fall in love then do something truly nasty and despicable – inspire Kate Bush to sing.’’

Harry Potter och de vises sten av JK Rowling: ‘‘Genuine magic occurs thanks to wizard named JK. She turns ink splats into pure gold.’’

War And Peace av Leo Tolstoy: ‘‘War And, er, Peace.’’

Källa: Sunday Mercury.net och Brandrepublic.com