{"id":133743,"date":"2017-06-28T20:22:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T02:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/abridged-classics.html"},"modified":"2017-06-28T20:22:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T02:22:52","slug":"abridged-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/abridged-classics.html","title":{"rendered":"Abridged Classics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heh.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Laughing Squid<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Extremely Abridged Versions of Classic Books<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/extremely-abridged-versions-of-classic-books\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/hYEfGPankiUXH8359VIupswJJtjf5-MrEXJEcwq-K5LU6XkRRqR3FoObNhLxIjWg6eJWgckCOYjMp_k9EPDIc6x5DBZug4ds9xxE2xFn-em6mmpVdBQXLaBCrmW7v_Bj=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/extremely-abridged-versions-of-classic-books\/'>Extremely Abridged Versions of Classic Books<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nJohn Atkinson presents extremely abridged versions of classic books in two recent Wrong Hands comics.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/StxNtvrnkqv'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heh. Originally shared by +Laughing Squid: Extremely Abridged Versions of Classic Books Extremely Abridged Versions of Classic Books John Atkinson presents extremely abridged versions of classic books in two recent Wrong Hands comics. 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