Top 10 Twitter Accounts for Classic Literature Fans

07 May 2015

Imitation is the highest form of flattery – and these Twitter accounts intend to keep a lot of these classic literature books alive through any means necessary.

Love Shakespeare? Enjoy quotes from Mark Twain? Consider following some of these Twitter accounts:

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• William Shakespeare, @shakespearesays
  • What, pray, ist thou doing?
  • Joined Twitter in April, 2009
  • Over 350 tweets
  • Most famous book: Hamlet (No Fear Shakespeare)

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• Laura Ingalls Wilder, @HalfPintIngalls
  • I was born in 1867 in a log cabin in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.
  • Joined Twitter in July, 2008
  • Over 1k tweets
  • Most famous book: Little House on the Prarie

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• Mark Twain, @TheMarkTwain
  • Joined Twitter in January, 2011
  • Over 2k tweets
  • Most famous book: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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• J.D. Salinger, @theSalinger
  • I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.
  • Joined Twitter in July, 2011
  • Over 1k tweets
  • Most famous book: The Catcher in the Rye

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• Charles Dickens, @DickensSays
  • Dickensian bon mots from man with beard.
  • Joined Twitter in July, 2009
  • Over 1k tweets
  • Most famous book: A Tale of Two Cities

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• Geoffrey Chaucer, @LeVostreGC
  • Geoffrey Chaucer (Le Vostre GC): Servaunt of the Kynge. Blogger. Wryter of verse. Wearer of litel woolen hatte. Deputy Forestere of North Petherton.
  • Joined Twitter in December, 2011
  • Over 9k tweets
  • Most famous book: The Canterbury Tales

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• Confucius, @ConfuciusQuote
  • A healthy body is part of the foundation to creating a healthy mind! Confucius Quotes for body, mind and soul. Powered by @comdevelop
  • Joined Twitter in March, 2011
  • Over 500 tweets
  • Most famous book: The Analects

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• Kurt Vonnegut, @Kurt_Vonnegut
  • Joined Twitter in May, 2009
  • Over 2.5k tweets
  • Most recent book: Cat’s Cradle

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• Samuel Johnson, @DrSamuelJohnson
  • Gouty Lexicographer of Dr Johnson’s Dictionary of Modern Life, publish’d by Square Peg. Presently in the American Colonies.
  • Joined Twitter in March, 2009
  • Over 4.5k tweets
  • Most famous book: A Dictionary of the English Language

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• Jane Austen, @JaneAustenLIVES
  • We are a set of avid researchers of all things Jane Austen: essays, news, books, letters, sequels, adaptations and Austenesque quotes. WE LOVE JANE AUSTEN!
  • Joined Twitter in January, 2010
  • Over 11k tweets
  • Most famous book: Pride and Prejudice