Your Favourite Penguin Classics Just Got A Pop Culture Upgrade

Your Favourite Penguin Classics Just Got A Pop Culture Upgrade
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While we’re sure that William Shakespeare might be rolling over in his grave at the sight of Kim Kardashian on the cover of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, we can’t help but applaud this project for its sheer ingenuity.

Created by Romanian artist, Julien Britnic, this ongoing Tumblr pairs Penguin classic novels with pop cultural and digital references - think To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee meets one of the must infuriating smartphone games of all time, Flappy Bird; and Aladdin and the Lamp meets Siri.

Millennials and literature do go together after all.

I. One Hundred Years Of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquezmic.com

II. Animal Farm - George Orwell

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwellmic.com

III. A Room Of One’s Own - Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolfmic.com

IV. Of Mice And Men - John Steinbeck

Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeckmic.com

V. Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell

1984 by George Orwell
1984 by George Orwellmic.com

VI.  Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespearedesigntaxi.com

VII. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbirddesigntaxi.com

VIII. Pride And Prejudice - Jane Austen

Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen
Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austenpopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

IX. Aladdin And The Lamp

Aladdin And The Lamp
Aladdin And The Lamppopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

X. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgeraldpopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XI. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Love In The Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love In The Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquezpopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XII. Around The World In 80 Days - Jules Verne

Around The World In Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Around The World In Eighty Days by Jules Vernepopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XIII. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeraypopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XIV. Lord Of The Flies - William Golding

Lord of The Flies by William Golding
Lord of The Flies by William Goldingpopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XV. Dracula - Bram Stoker

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Dracula by Bram Stokerpopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XVI. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradburypopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XVII. The Old Man And The Sea - Ernest Hemingway

The Old And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Old And The Sea by Ernest Hemingwaypopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XVIII. The Sound And The Fury - William Faulkner

The Sound And The Fury by William Faulkner
The Sound And The Fury by William Faulknerpopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XIX. Through The Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll

Through The Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Through The Looking-Glass by Lewis Carrolldesigntaxi.com

XX. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women by Louisa May Alcottpopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XXI. The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hydepopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XXII. Iliad - Homer

Illiad by Homer
Illiad by Homerpopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XXIII. In Search Of Lost Time - Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proustdesigntaxi.com

XXVI. Hamlet - William Shakespeare

Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Hamlet by William Shakespearepopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com

XXV. For Whom The Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway

For Whom  The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingwaypopsgoesthepenguin.tumblr.com
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