Four Legs Good? You Cannot Even HANDLE That Math!

Can you judge a book by its cover? Publishing giant Penguin thinks so. According to the New York Times, Penguin is repackaging a bunch of its classic literature using cover designs from contemporary artists, which (they hope) will make teens more likely to pick them up. (Click here for a look at the artwork, which includes covers for Wuthering Heights, The Scarlet Letter, and—our favorite—Pride and Prejudice illustrated with a pair of Edward Gorey-esque silhouettes and a graphic black-and-white design.)

If publishers really want to connect with a teen audience, your SparkNotes editors would like to suggest some alternative methods of making classic literature even more appealing:

Starting with an endorsement from Edward Cullen himself!

Meanwhile, dry, allegorical fiction could get a great pick-me-up via macro text.

And for lengthy Russian novels that bury their cool subject matter in endless pages of descriptive text and political meandering, how about getting straight to the point?

Would you give your classic literature a makeover? Tell us in the comments!