Project Gutenberg 2010-12-03 Public domain in the USA. 84 Bangs, John Kendrick 1862 1922 01024654 Over the Plum Pudding "Over the plum-pudding" -- Bills, M.D. -- The flunking of Watkin's ghost -- The unmailed letter -- The amalgamated brotherhood of spooks -- A glance ahead -- Hans Pumpernickel's vigil -- The affliction of Baron Humpfelhimmel -- A great composer -- How Fritz became a wizard -- Rise and fall of the poet Gregory -- The loss of the "Gretchen B." Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive. "Over the Plum-Pudding" by John Kendrick Bangs is a collection of humorous and fantastical stories, likely written in the early 20th century. The book presents a whimsical narrative that combines the Christmas spirit with a playful commentary on the literary world, framing a series of tales around an imagined Christmas publication that was never realized due to comedic circumstances involving famous authors. The main character, Horace Wilkinson, serves as the editor and narrator, sharing his misadventures and the humorous mishaps that thwarted the publication of this Christmas anthology. At the start of the narrative, the character Horace Wilkinson addresses the curious public about why a promised Christmas book never came to be. He humorously attributes the failure to various renowned authors, including Rudyard Kipling, whose vibrant characters wreak havoc across the stories intended for the collection. As Wilkinson recounts his entanglement with an elite set of literary contributors, he details the amusing anecdotes tied to their contributions, laying the foundation for a satirical exploration of the publishing world while promising an abundance of merriment and mirth characteristic of the holiday season. The opening sets a tone of playful irony, suggesting that while the stories may never have come to fruition, the joy and chaos they imply are very much alive. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 293612 293617 2024-09-14T12:39:51.183089 2023-09-15T07:33:10.096282 text/html text/html 295221 2021-01-07T06:43:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 766000 2021-01-07T06:43:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 854244 2024-09-14T12:39:57.923074 application/epub+zip 855195 2024-09-14T12:39:52.875130 application/epub+zip 173533 2024-09-14T12:39:51.880042 application/epub+zip 1012806 2024-09-14T12:40:01.916050 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 976571 2024-09-14T12:39:56.990051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299138 2022-09-16T03:48:52.071749 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258783 258656 2024-09-14T12:39:50.340058 2023-09-15T07:33:09.360262 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 258553 2021-01-07T06:43:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 100210 2021-01-07T06:43:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 258570 2021-01-07T06:43:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 100169 2021-01-07T06:43:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20881 2024-09-14T12:40:02.078999 application/rdf+xml 13522 2024-09-14T12:39:52.243050 image/jpeg 3534 2024-09-14T12:39:52.059061 image/jpeg 819612 2024-09-14T12:39:51.274061 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