Another Possibility Might Be "Undeath in Venice"

Over at Quick Study, I posted something yesterday about recent zombie-related hijinks taking place in Austin, not too far from the University of Texas campus.

Now comes word -- via The Little Professor -- of the forthcoming novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which according to the publisher "features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action....a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers--and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead."

Zombiefication, as Little Prof points out, "might be just what English departments need: a sure-fire strategy for revivifying (so to speak) the canon!" She then sketches a few "reimagined" Victorian classics.

But why stop there? Why not zombie Thomas Mann? For example, a version of the The Magic Mountain in which Hans Castorp and others at the sanitarium fight off the undead between philosophical discussions.

It would be a lot shorter than the original. The zombies would have a clear advantage.over a bunch of TB patients.