Jane Austen and Emily Bronte get Tinder-twist in classic novels digital update
Instagram posts, selfies and WhatsApp have been introduced to Wuthering Heights and Pride And Prejudice.
A Tinder-swiping Mr Darcy and a Twitter-loving Elizabeth Bennet will star in a reworking of Jane Austen’s classic love story Pride And Prejudice.
Literature experts have updated the novel, as well as Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Thomas Hardy’s Tess Of The d’Urbervilles, with new covers and rewritten passages to show how some of literature’s most famous romances would have played out in the digital age.
The modern-day makeovers are part of a move to show the negative impact the internet could be having on modern romance as research reveals digital devices are one of the biggest passion killers for Britons.
The wealthy bachelor will also be shown having the pick of potential marriage via Tinder as the Bennet sisters spend their time competing on online games.
Wuthering Heights will see Heathcliff’s choice of ringtone putting doubts into Catherine Earnshaw’s mind as to her feelings for him, while she will later take to downloading a fitness app in a bid to get in shape.
A survey of 2000 British adults commissioned by Drama found 54% admit people are less romantic than in the days of Austen and Bronte, with 34% saying digital devices distraction was one of the biggest romance killers.
