Zabar taken littafi bai kasance da sauki ba, ba yanzu ba, ba kuma ba. A ƙasa na tattara wasu shahararrun littattafai waɗanda, asali, ya kamata su sami wani take amma saboda dalilan mawallafin ko marubucin kansa, an yanke shawarar canza shi zuwa taken wanda a yanzu muke saninsa da shi.
Girman kai da nuna bambanci daga Jane Austen, 1813
Lakabin farko: Farkon burgewa
Take na yanzu: Girman kai da Son zuciya
Kodayake an fara "Haskakawar Farko" a shekarar 1796, Austen bai sami wanda zai buga littafinta ba har sai da ta rubuta "Sense and Sensibility," wanda aka buga shi a 1811. Don haka, "Bugawa ta Farko" an yi kwaskwarima sosai a cikin shekarun 1811 da 1812, don haka mai yiwuwa ne cewa an canza taken don nuna sabon ra'ayi.
Asirin Sirrin by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1911
Lakabin farko: Budurwa Maryamu (Masoyin Maryamu)
Take na yanzu: Sirrin Aljannar
El taken farko yana nuni zuwa babban hali da yadda take canzawa cikin littafin. Koyaya, a gefe guda kuma akwai taken suna wanda ake kira "Mary, Mary, Quite the opposite" wanda ke nuni da shahararren Turancin Ingilishi.
Little Dorrit na Charles Dickens, 1857
Lakabin farko: Babu laifin kowa
Take na yanzu: Karamin Dorrit
Little Dorrit ya fi sharhi kawai game da zamantakewar jama'a kuma haruffan duk wadanda abin ya shafa ne da ke sanya su zargi kansu, saboda wannan dalilin taken farko ya fito, "Ba laifin kowa ba". Canjin taken da Dickens yayi fahimtar cewa jama'a sun fi kowa laifi.
Babban Gatsby na F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925
Lakabin farko: Trimalchio a Yammacin Kwai
Take na yanzu: Babban Gatsby
An yi tunanin cewa taken farko ya yi nuni da cewa duhu ya yi wa mutane su fahimta. Marubucin har ma ya haɗa da magana game da Trimalchio a cikin littafin, amma ya yarda ya canza taken.
Kyakkyawan Soja daga Ford Madox Ford, 1915
Lakabin farko: Labari Mafi Ban tausayi
Take na yanzu: Kyakkyawan Soja
Yayin da za a buga littafin bayan yakin duniya na daya, mawallafin ya nemi Ford da ta sauya taken. Ya ba da shawarar "Kyakkyawan Sojan" a matsayin abin dariya, amma editan yana son taken., don haka wannan ya tsaya.
Ubangijin Fuda na William Goldings, 1954
Lakabin farko: Baƙi daga Tarewa
Take na yanzu: Ubangijin kudaje
An fara tunanin taken ne bayyane kuma ma wauta don haka editan ya fito da taken "Ubangijin Kudaje" wanda fassara ce daga Ibraniyanci na "Beelzebub", sunan zamani ga aljanin.
Mein Kampf na Adolf Hitler, 1925
Lakabin farko: Shekaru Hudu da Rabin na Gwagwarmaya Na Neman Cutar da Karya, Wawanci da Rowa
Take na yanzu: Ina Kampf
Editan Hitler ya ba da shawarar gajeriyar take kamar "Mein Kampf", wanda shine fassarar "Yaƙin na", taken mafi kyau fiye da tsayin da aka tsara tun farko don tarihin kansa, wanda ya fara rubutawa a kurkuku.
Don Kashe Mockingbird ta Harper Lee, 1960
Lakabin farko: Attikus
Take na yanzu: Don Kashe Tsuntsun Mocking
Duk da cewa Atticus na ɗaya daga cikin fitattun haruffa a cikin wasan Don Kashe Mockingbird, Lee ya yanke shawarar hakan ba ya son littafin nasa ya sami suna da hali guda don haka sai ya canza shi zuwa ga ishara daga littafin.
An tafi tare da iska ta Margaret Mitchell, 1936
Lakabin farko: Gobe Wata Rana
Take na yanzu: Ya tafi Tare da Iska
Lakabin farko shine layin ƙarshe na littafin, amma Mitchell ya yanke shawarar hakan Ina so na dauki taken ta layin farko na uku na waka "Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae" na Ernest Dowson.