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October 17, 2013 02:30 pm GMT

If Classic Books Had Internet Headlines

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Start a sentence with "this," throw an "epic" in there, add a pinch of "adorable" and end with a question mark — you've got yourself an Internet-ready headline

It's annoying and repetitive, but the formula has proven to get clicks, so everyone keeps doing it

See also: 16 Children's Books Rewritten for Jaded Adults

So what if the authors of our favorite books participated in similar clickbait-y behavior? Book titles like Pride and Prejudice and The Catcher in the Rye would be sacrificed for epic-ly, buzzword-y, terrible headlines

CollegeHumor imagined just that reality with hilarious remakes of popular books. Check out some below and the rest on their site Read more...

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