Project Gutenberg 1999-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 88 Lang, Andrew 1844 1912 Lang, Walter Andrew Old Friends: Essays in Epistolary Parody Transcribed from the 1890 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition by David Price "Old Friends: Essays in Epistolary Parody" by Andrew Lang is a collection of humorous essays written in the late 19th century. This work features a series of fictional letters exchanged between characters drawn from various classic novels and literary works, reflecting on their interactions and relationships through a parodic lens. The essays cleverly explore the absurdities and quirks of these beloved characters, illuminating both their fictional lives and the social mores of Lang's time. The opening of the collection introduces the central theme where Lang reflects on the unseen intersections between characters from distinct fictional worlds. He muses on the possibility that characters like Clive Newcome from Thackeray's "The Newcomes" and Arthur Pendennis from the same author might have encountered each other, despite existing in separate novels. This whimsical premise sets the stage for a series of comedic letters that playfully dissect the nature of friendship, nostalgia, and the literary connections binding various fictional realms, establishing a delightful tone for the essays to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Wit and humor Parodies Imaginary letters PR Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature 239896 239796 2024-09-01T11:40:06.489714 2023-10-01T10:34:01.703062 text/html text/html 240885 2013-03-01T04:14:59 text/html 352381 2013-03-01T04:17:56 text/html application/zip 413944 2024-09-01T11:40:12.705676 application/epub+zip 414701 2024-09-01T11:40:08.185661 application/epub+zip 148697 2024-09-01T11:40:07.192683 application/epub+zip 592551 2024-09-01T11:40:15.992632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 561755 2024-09-01T11:40:11.914662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230170 2022-09-01T13:11:13.075802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 211030 210974 2024-09-01T11:40:05.730674 2023-10-01T10:34:01.100102 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 210642 2013-03-01T04:14:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 85901 2013-03-01T04:17:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18396 2024-09-01T11:40:16.139620 application/rdf+xml 16034 2024-09-01T11:40:07.558663 image/jpeg 3706 2024-09-01T11:40:07.378672 image/jpeg 408609 2024-09-01T11:40:06.517686 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia