Re-branding classic novel titles for the modern audience

cynic

I recently read an article about #updatedbooks (the hashtag) and about re-branding classic novel titles for Gen Y.

Modern titles are quite literal. Whether an intricate metaphor or an intentional sidestep, many classics had book titles that only made sense once you read the whole book. What does “The Catcher in the Rye” mean? Modern audiences demand “Holden Caulfield’s Day Off”

A few samples from the article

The Man in the Madhouse (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)
The Girl in the Ham Costume (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Lenny Kills Rabbits (Of Mice and Men)

If you were to re-brand a book title (classic or otherwise), what would it be?

Mousetrap

Thought of a few...

1. Secret Aristocrat Savior (Scarlet Pimpernel)
2. When Pigs Rule! (Animal Farm)
3. Unwilling Adventures with Dwarfs and a Careless Wizard (The Hobbit)
4. Getting the Money Back (Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less)
5. They Both Die (Romeo and Juliet)
6. Life's Kinda Complicated (The Mayor of Castorbridge)
7. Little Girl Who Loved the Alps (Heidi)
8. Being a Bug Isn't Fun (Metamorphosis)
9. Survival of the Fittest (The Hunger Games)
10. Anything for a Baby (One Part Woman)

Meself

Mousetrap 7-7-2018 06:18 PM
Thought of a few...

1. Secret Aristocrat Savior (Scarlet Pimpernel)

I love these!




They both die. Now why didn't Shakespeare think of this??? LOL!

cynic

Mousetrap 7-7-2018 06:18 PM
Thought of a few...

1. Secret Aristocrat Savior (Scarlet Pimpernel)

Good ones! These are hilarious

Mousetrap

Meself 7-7-2018 10:02 PM
I love these!

Thanks! But then, it'd be a spoiler...

purplicious

Innovative. Nice work.

jhsurti

Mousetrap 7-7-2018 06:18 PM
Thought of a few...

1. Secret Aristocrat Savior (Scarlet Pimpernel)

Awesome! LOL!

Nabs

Rebecca by Daphne De Maurier, Dracula by Bram Stoker, Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre