Educationalists are always on the lookout for new ways of making classic literature more accessible: in recent times rapping squirrel MC Nuts tried to get Wordsworth down with the kids with a version of Daffodils, Clueless gave Emma an endearing Valley Girl spin while last year Papercutz breathed new life into Albert Lewis Kanter's Classics Illustrated series.
They may have thought this was a merry blague, but perhaps McSweeney's is on to something - or something that will appeal to teachers despairing of interesting their students - with its Facebook News Feed Edition of Hamlet. Shakespeare for the social networking era!
Presumably similar tricks could be played on other classics (Pip has come into a bit of money; Heathcliff poked Cathy; Marcel is now friends with Baron de Charlus; Gregor Samsa is havng trquble typping, etc etc.) Add your own, better ideas to the Wall below.
