‘Twitterature’ to Hit the Bookstores

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of Shakespeare, rolling over in his grave.

That’s because Penguin Classics is publishing a Cliff’s Notes-style book about literature by two University of Chicago freshmen in which they summarize the great literary works — writing entirely in tweets.

That’s right. A book about literature, written in 140-character blips. It will be called Twitterature: The World’s Greatest Books, Now Presented in Twenty Tweets or Less.

According to the book’s Web site, 19-year-old authors Alexander Aciman and Emmett Rensin wanted to combine the two “grandest ventures” of their generation — namely, high-minded literary works and the social microblogging site Twitter.

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