There are some comic book versions you might like better.
Pshaw! I TEACH Shakespeare-
to high schoolers. And American lit.
I resist an attempt from the Admin to make me drag them through deconstructional depressing dopey Old man and the Sea, Of Mice and Men Tender is the Night.
We read these guys but I choose.
Red Pony, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, excerpts from For Whom the Bell Tolls.