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Ophelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don't Float: Classic Lit Signs on to Facebook

by Sarah Schmelling

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Following everyone from Frankenstein's Monster to King Lear's Fool, Charles Dickens to Virginia Woolf, this is a loving spoof of our literary favorites, and a hilarious collection for a twenty-first century generation of readers. Long live the Classics: 2.0! When humorist Sarah Schmelling transformed Hamlet into a Facebook news feed on McSweeney's, it launched the next big humor trend--Facebook lit. In this world, the king "pokes" the queen, Hamlet becomes a fan of daggers, and Ophelia renounces her interest in moody princes. Now, what began as an internet phenomenon is a book. Ophelia Joined The Group Maidens Who Don't Float: Classic Lit Signs on to Facebook is a clever spoof of the most-trafficked social networking website and a playful game of literary who's who. The book brings more than fifty authors and stories from classic literature back to life and online, and it is sure to have book lovers and Facebook addicts alike twittering with joy. From The Odyssey to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Pride and Prejudice to Lolita, Schmelling brings the conventions of social networking--profile pages, status updates, news feeds, games and quizzes--to some of literature's most well-known works, authors and characters.… (more)
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Some were hilarious, some were lame. On the whole, it was worth my time to read. ( )
1 vote mktoronto | Jan 25, 2023 |
Fieldnotes:
Old Skool Facebook, Classic Times
8 Networks
54 Classics/Authors Discussed
1 Quip-Off on Oscar Wilde's Timeline (much to his chagrin)
Quizzes
Scrabulific Games
Sponsored Ads ( )
  Caramellunacy | May 10, 2021 |
Didn't read it completely as to avoid spoilers for those books treated I haven't read yet. Anyways, most of it pretty hilarious! ( )
  borhap | Aug 27, 2013 |
Oh so enjoyable! I especially liked the Hamlet and Pride & Prejudice newsfeeds, and the Scrabulific smack talk between Hemingway, Faulkner, and Joyce. So clever. ( )
1 vote JennyArch | Apr 3, 2013 |
This was most excellent. Clever and funny. ( )
1 vote amaraduende | Mar 30, 2013 |
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Following everyone from Frankenstein's Monster to King Lear's Fool, Charles Dickens to Virginia Woolf, this is a loving spoof of our literary favorites, and a hilarious collection for a twenty-first century generation of readers. Long live the Classics: 2.0! When humorist Sarah Schmelling transformed Hamlet into a Facebook news feed on McSweeney's, it launched the next big humor trend--Facebook lit. In this world, the king "pokes" the queen, Hamlet becomes a fan of daggers, and Ophelia renounces her interest in moody princes. Now, what began as an internet phenomenon is a book. Ophelia Joined The Group Maidens Who Don't Float: Classic Lit Signs on to Facebook is a clever spoof of the most-trafficked social networking website and a playful game of literary who's who. The book brings more than fifty authors and stories from classic literature back to life and online, and it is sure to have book lovers and Facebook addicts alike twittering with joy. From The Odyssey to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Pride and Prejudice to Lolita, Schmelling brings the conventions of social networking--profile pages, status updates, news feeds, games and quizzes--to some of literature's most well-known works, authors and characters.

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