Project Gutenberg 1999-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 121 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.) Reading ease score: 69.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Wit and humor Parodies Imaginary letters PR Text Category: Humour Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature 240023 2025-07-01T11:21:55.599214 text/html 240885 2013-03-01T04:14:59 text/html 352381 2013-03-01T04:17:56 text/html application/zip 436866 2025-07-01T11:22:03.025200 application/epub+zip 437383 2025-07-01T11:21:58.768153 application/epub+zip 153725 2025-07-01T11:21:57.525138 application/epub+zip 623144 2025-07-01T11:22:05.987102 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 592444 2025-07-01T11:22:02.163199 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230170 2022-09-01T13:11:13.075802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 211030 2025-07-01T11:21:54.928177 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 210642 2013-03-01T04:14:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 85901 2013-03-01T04:17:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18617 2025-07-01T11:22:06.113099 application/rdf+xml 16109 2025-07-01T11:21:58.023145 image/jpeg 3676 2025-07-01T11:21:57.773169 image/jpeg 429097 2025-07-01T11:21:55.626254 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia