Dickens, Bronte, Orwell, Stevenson; they're all rolling over in their graves right now.

UK transmedia production company Tern Digital is in the process of turning classic John Buchan spy novel The Thirty Nine Steps into a video game with an eye toward converting other classics into games as well.

The Thirty Nine Steps, a 1915 spy novel, is in development for the PC, PS3 and iPad, according to a Metro report.

Tern Digital says they are currently in talks with Sony about turning a slew of other classic novels into games as well including Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, 1984, Treasure Island, and Jekyll and Hyde.

Yay?

Classic Spy Novel The Thirty Nine Steps to Become a Video Game [Metro]