Seems like Twitter is everyone's favourite new technology toy and the latest trend to emerge is Tweeting literary classics.
Think Joyce, Austen, Dickens, Lawrence... they're all poured into the Tweet condenser, whizzed around and come out the other side all nice and bite-size.
This isn't the first time we've blogged about the pros and cons of SMS length snippets. First we were fascinated with Twitter itself, then we scrutinised Blippr (the 160 character review site), followed by reporting the emerging mobile phone novella craze from Japan, and now this.
Whether you think the Tweets in question are any good at imparting intricacies of plot and characterisation is really by-the-by... we've come to the conclusion they're a lot of fun. Think digital haiku.
We had a go at doing a couple of our own...
Oliver Twist: workhouse orphan wants more, artfully dodges his demise with Nancy's help, finds long lost family and prospers.
and...
The Hobbit: Gandalf tricks Bilbo, Thorin & gang into treasure hunt. Elves, goblins, Gollum, Smaug they meet. Thorin dies, Bilbo rich.
Fancy doing one of your own? Leave it in the comments for everyone to see :)
