I am working on The World's Greatest Books. Condensed versions of the classics. Vol 1 has already posted. Their are 8 Vols in the fiction category. For those of you who want you classics even more condensed I recommend Book- A -Minute Classics.
http://rinkworks.com/bookaminute/classics.shtml
For example here is their version of
A Tail of Two Cities:
Doctor released,
Marquis deceased,
Darnay acquitted,
Monarchy submitted,
Marriage announced,
Darnay denounced,
Places are switched,
Blades are twitched,
Seamstress cries,
Carton dies.