#Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale: A Literary Classic Told in Tweets for the 21st Century Audience (Twit Lit Classics)

Moby-Dick is regularly hailed as one of the greatest works ofAmerican literature. But suppose Ishmael had instead shared his tale intweets? #Moby-Dick or The Whale hilariously reimagines Herman Melville's classic whaling novel in about 200 tweets, each 280 characters or less.

Ishmael here! I went broke in NYC. Super bored with land (damp drizzly soul). I'm going to sea! #callme #whalingvoyage

In this witty abridgment, mad captain Ahab's quest for vengeance upon awhite whale is retold with Internet acronyms. The plight of the Pequodand its motley crew is punctuated by the occasional emoji. And Ishmaelponders whaling and humanity with Twitter hashtags.

AboutNantucket: It's a sandy anthill for sea hermits who war with saltymastodons and spend years on the terraqueous globe like landless gulls.#WEIRDOS

Including an appendix that presents the original passages upon which each tweet is derived, #Moby-Dick offers modern readers an entertaining and accessible companion to a great American classic.

And we're off! Man the capstan! Raise anchor! Set sails! Brrr... oceanspray encases us in ice. Someone mentioned a hot Nantucket supper inthree years. Wait! Did he says three?