Sunday, October 27, 2013

"Pride and Prejudice" Reduced by 99.99%

From 122,618 words (or thereabouts) to 12.

A Library of Classics, Edited for the Teething Set. (The New York Times, 10/26/2013)

More than a step up from the traditional version.  ..... today’s babies and toddlers are treated to board books that are miniature works of literary art: classics like “Romeo and Juliet,” “Sense and Sensibility” and “Les Misérables”; luxuriously produced counting primers with complex graphic elements; and even an “Art for Baby” book featuring images by the contemporary artists Damien Hirst and Paul Morrison.



One-word, one-image format.
  • friends
  • sisters
  • dance
  • mean
  • sick 
  • muddy
  • yes?
  • no!
  • write
  • read
  • walk
  • marry

Dang!  I just gave away the story.

I'll let you read this one for yourself.

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