Facebook + the Classics= ?

If you are a fan of classic lit and of facebook, you have to get your hands on this gem of a book. It's called Ophelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don't Float: Classic Lit Signs On To Facebook and it's by Sarah Schmelling.

I don't claim to have read all of the classics she writes about, but it sure was a hilarious read for the ones I have read. For example, she writes what she thinks Jane Austen's facebook profile may look like. One part of the news feed is "Jane Austen created the group That's Nice You Made a Whole Movie About It, But I Hardly Knew Tom Lefroy." Now, I LOVE the movie Becoming Jane, but I also realize the whole love affair between her and Tom is likely fictional. James McAvoy was still worth it though. Anyways...

The Scarlet Letter is given a news feed, and it reads "Hester received Punishment Flair."

Holden Caulfield (from Catcher in the Rye) has a profile, and one of his status updates reads "Holden Caulfield thinks only morons write status updates."

Those are just a few of the ones I liked. It was an etertaining read, to say the least.