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100	1		_aLang, Andrew, _d1844-1912
245	1	0	_aOld Friends: Essays in Epistolary Parody
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c1999
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 1999-12-01
508			_aTranscribed from the 1890 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition by David Price
520			_a"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.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aWit and humor
653			_aParodies
653			_aImaginary letters
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1991
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