Spotted on junediamanti's LJ yesterday

[erastes]

"The Guardian yesterday said that there are plans to issue abridged versions of famous novels. They suggested: "The Only Child Karamazov", "Skirmish and A Bit of Quiet", "Smiley's Person."

I suggest: "The Tenant of Wildfell Prefab", "Lord of the Trinkets", "The Gulag Islet", "Ten Minutes in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" .

These were my suggestions:


1. Far from the madding pair.
2. Dombey.
3. Vanity Stall
4. No Expectations
5. A couple of dalmatians
6 Tom Brown's lunchbreak
7 The Hitchikers guide to the M23
8 The Raisins of Irritation
9 Guard!
10 Tristram Lemonade
11. Eau de Cologne
12. The old man and the puddle
13. 100 seconds of solitude
14 Semi precious stone in the tiara

Anyone want to weigh in?

ETA: Twingeing Back Hillock
Catch 11
A postcard of Brideshead
The Kitten, The Ugly woman and the nightstand
The Life of Approximately Three
Bridget Joan's January 1st
The people who were a little bit glum.
A Doodle of Dorien Grey

Comments

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

Rough Sketch of the Artist As a Young Man

Little Woman

The Lone Musketeer


That's all I've got for now.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

The Lone Musketeer was a very short book. Arrived in Paris. Got made a musketeer. The End.

*giggle*

[rwday.livejournal.com]

*snorts*

The Adequate Gatsby
To Annoy a Mockingbird
Skirmish of the Worlds
Fahrenheit 225 1/2
A Tale of One City

[aunty_marion]

A Small Amount of Meltwater? *g*

[kenazfiction.livejournal.com]

The Adequate Gatsby

BWAHAHAHAHA!

<3

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

The Raisins of Irritation

<333

"The Only Child Karamazov"--?
"Skirmish and A Bit of Quiet"--War and Peace
"Smiley's Person."--?
"The Tenant of Wildfell Prefab"--?
"Lord of the Trinkets"--Lord of the Flies?
"The Gulag Islet"--Huh?
"Ten Minutes in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"--?
1. Far from the madding pair.--Far from the Madding Crowd
2. Dombey.--???
3. Vanity Stall--Vanity Fair
4. No Expectations--Great Expectations
5. A couple of dalmatians--101 Damaltians
6 Tom Brown's lunchbreak--I don't remember the title. Grr.
7 The Hitchikers guide to the M23--Hitchhikers's Guide to the Galaxy
8 The Raisins of Irritation--Grapes of Wrath
9 Guard!--Guards! Guards! :-DD
10 Tristram Lemonade--Tristram Shandy (but I don't get how it becomes lemonade)
11. Eau de Cologne--Scent of a Woman? X-D
12. The old man and the puddle--The Old Man and the Sea
13. 100 seconds of solitude--The 100 Years of Solitude
14 Semi precious stone in the tiara--Whuh?

Re: <3

[erastes.livejournal.com]

"The Only Child Karamazov"--? The Brother Karamazov
"Skirmish and A Bit of Quiet"--War and Peace
"Smiley's Person."--?Smileys People (john le carre)
"The Tenant of Wildfell Prefab"--? The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Bronte)
"Lord of the Trinkets"--Lord of the Flies?
"The Gulag Islet"--Huh? The Gulag Archipelago
"Ten Minutes in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"--?
1. Far from the madding pair.--Far from the Madding Crowd
2. Dombey.--??? Dombey & Son (Dickens)
3. Vanity Stall--Vanity Fair
4. No Expectations--Great Expectations
5. A couple of dalmatians--101 Damaltians
6 Tom Brown's lunchbreak--I don't remember the title. Tom Browns Schooldays.
7 The Hitchikers guide to the M23--Hitchhikers's Guide to the Galaxy
8 The Raisins of Irritation--Grapes of Wrath
9 Guard!--Guards! Guards! :-DD
10 Tristram Lemonade--Tristram Shandy (but I don't get how it becomes lemonade) (Shandy is half beer and half lemonade)
11. Eau de Cologne--Scent of a Woman? X-D Perfume
12. The old man and the puddle--The Old Man and the Sea
13. 100 seconds of solitude--The 100 Years of Solitude
14 Semi precious stone in the tiara--Whuh? Jewell in the Crown - Paul Scott

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[rwday.livejournal.com]

"Ten Minutes in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"--?

Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Solzhenitsyn.

abridged books

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

Lord of the Rings! D-uh!
*slaps head*

And Tolkien was misspelled over at World Book Day Web site. Grr.

The Magician's Baby Cousin, Twice Removed
A Midsummer Night's Nap
Vertically-challenged Girls
Self-importance and Stereotype (It alliterates! Yay!)
Windy Tallish Hills

Re: abridged books

[erastes.livejournal.com]

You've beaten me with Windy Tallish Hills...

[eagles-rock.livejournal.com]

Raisin of Irritation indeed!

The Domesday Pamphlet
1066
The Act of the Apostle
The Shorter Oxford Word
Harry Potter :-)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Domesday Pamphlet! Bwahahaha!

[aunty_marion]

The Trustee of the Ring.
The Fairly-Well-Known One books (by E.Blyton...).
The Secret Flowerpot.

[aunty_marion]

The Dachshund of the Baskervilles.
One Child and It.

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

The Secret Flowerpot.

I have to re-read that before I went X-D

Little Reasonably Rich Fauntleroy

[rmanley.livejournal.com]

Clarissa, or a Snippet of a Young Lady
Narcissus Shags Goldmund
Shack on the Floss
Justine, or Good Conduct Somewhat Chastised
Pamela, or Virtue Screwed

[erastes.livejournal.com]

A Snippet! I love it!!!

[rwday.livejournal.com]

Harry Potter and the...

Philosopher's Pebble
Closet of Secrets
Paper-Cup of Fire
Half Blood Count

Couldn't think of anything for PoA or OotP yet.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

*dying of the giggles*

Paper cup of fire!!

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

Too funny ::g::

Umm...

Animal Birdcage

Gone With the Zephyr

The Da Vinci Quick Crossword

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Da Vinci Quick Crossword just about sums that book up!

Brilliant!

[lovefromgirl.livejournal.com]

Partly Cloudy Cottage
A Tale of One City
It (by E. Nesbit)
One Unfortunate Event
Ender's Turn
Halfway To London In One Week
The Dark is Sitting Up and Yawning
The Morning Fog of Avalon
A Bloke in Verona
Romeo and Rosaline
Inherit A Breeze

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Romeo and Rosaline

GENIUS!

AKA Romeo who couldn't be arsed to go to the Capulet party

[julesjones]

I initially unpacked Lord of the Trinkets as Lord of the Flies. I think I need the brain bleach...

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Bad Jules!

*spank*

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

Gulliver's Trip to the Loo
A Modest Memorandum

The Teaching Assistant
(forgot which Bronte it was)

Daniel Deronda's School Days, Upon Which He Discovered He Was Jewish By Virtue of a Quick Glance at the Boys' Loo

[kenazfiction.livejournal.com]

- The Half-Dressed and the Comatose
- Clockwork Kumquat
- Baron of the Gnats
- Pied-à-terre of Mirth
- The Acceptable Ambersons
- Something Mildly Unpleasant This Way Comes
- The Whingeing of Lot 24.5
- From Here To A Couple Months From Now
- Post-It from the Underground
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Unconscious

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I love them..

specially "from here to a couple of months from now"

hee hee!

[tharain.livejournal.com]

IM With A Vampire
Northanger Chapel
Hush-A-Wool
Em
Ditch of the Barbie
The Tricklehead
The French Corporal's Squeeze
The Postman Usually Rings

[erastes.livejournal.com]

i love them all!

Ditch of the Barbie!!

*rofls*

[beauty-seeker.livejournal.com]

fourth business
19,000 leagues under the sea
the loneliness of the sprinter
the reeve of casterbridge
wuthering hills
the goiter of notre dame
little apartment on the prairie
written on the forearm
fingernailsmith
a path to india
satanic end rhymes
of guinea pigs and men
watchwork orange
fahrenheit 450.5
appetizer of champions
player harmonica
swamp of capricorn (of cancer)
richard the two and three quarters
no ado about nothing
the door to door salesman of venice
twelfth evening
west side anecdote

[tharain.livejournal.com]

The Goiter of Notre Dame

Excellent.

::Smacks Head::

I forgot "The Satanic Limericks" in my list. What a nichtsnutz.

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Some Sharpe novels by Bernard Cornwell:

Sharpe's Striped Kitten
Sharpe's Tie for First Place
Sharpe's Handguns
Sharpe's Buzzard
Sharpe's Pyrite
Sharpe's Steak Knife

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Narcissism Amusement Park

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By Susan Cooper:

Above the Puddle, Below a Pebble
The Dimness is Lifting
Teal Woman of Magic
The Baron of No Particular Color
Tin on the Sapling

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