2014
First Published
2.79
Average Rating
182
Number of Pages
The greatest novels in literature history get a makeover with NASTY CLASSICS, irreverent, twisted and boned-up versions of bookshelf favorites. THE WIZARD OF OZ and ALICE IN WONDERLAND Remastered Dirty Editions, the first in the NASTY CLASSICS series, feature the original text and story, with added bits of funny commentary, extra description, and spicy dialogue. The NASTY CLASSICS series is the brainchild of Matt R. Allen, the co-creator of the Vince Vaughn / Reese Witherspoon Christmas classic, “Four Christmases” and Richard Halpern, the inventor of the best selling “CD of Flatulence.”“We’ve all had to read a handful of ‘the classics; in school,” the writing duo said. “Although they are important pieces of literature, it’s often difficult to slog through the dense verbiage. The NASTY CLASSICS series intends to make classic novels fun to read again.” The enhanced copy is highlighted in italics, so the reader can still understand the original as intended. For FROM THE WIZARD OF Remastered Dirty EditionDorothy was going to ask another question, but just then the creepy-ass Munchkins, who had been standing silently by, gave a loud shout and pointed to the corner of the house where the Wicked Witch had been lying dead with a piece-o-sh*t-prairie house on top of her.“A lot of people ask, ‘Is it right to shit on classic literature like this?’” Allen said. “I don’t know, but I do know this - It’s my goal to have the Nasty Classics expose a whole new generation to some of the greatest novels of our time.”“After creating a highly successful compact disc of farts, I was ready to continue my societal obligation by contributing even more high-brow humor to the world,” says Pull my Finger CD creator Richard Halpern. “We enjoyed THE WIZARD OF OZ as kids, though as the world became more “short attention span” in nature with social media, fast, funny movies, music videos, the focus shifted from reading less to being entertained by quick, mindless diversions.”The first set of NASTY CLASSICS will include THE WIZARD OF OZ and ALICE IN WONDERLAND. NASTY CLASSICS retails for $3.99 and is available for kindle, iOS devices at nastyclassics.com. A soft-cover version of NASTY CLASSICS retails for $9.99 and are available at Spencer’s Gifts and other retailers nation-wide.Upcoming Nasty Classic titles Pride and Prejudice, Common Sense, Peter Pan, Dracula, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Count of Monte Cristo, Robin Hood, Tarzan of the Apes, and Moby Dick.
Avg Rating
2.79
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Authors
L. Frank Baum
Author · 72 books
also wrote under the name Edith Van Dyne, Floyd Akers, Schuyler Staunton, John Estes Cooke, Suzanne Metcalf, Laura Bancroft, Louis F. Baum, Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald Lyman Frank Baum was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known today as simply The Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works (55 novels in total, 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen.
