As literary epics go it's probably not the most exciting, but Sir Walter Scott's 544-page Ivanhoe is still getting a 21st-century makeover courtesy of a fan of his writing. Professor David Purdie, chairman of the Sir Walter Scott Club, has spent the past 18 months reducing the word-count from a daunting 179,000 to 80,000 in a bid to make the book appeal to a younger generation.

Whether he's successful or not, which books would you like to see cut down and which famous books have you glossed over in a bid to get to the end? Think Ulysses is way over limit? Want the Lord of the Rings trilogy put into one book? Tell us which literary heavyweights are in need of a cut.