Parody Stories

This short but influential work is not fiction but a critical essay in which Starrett examines the life, career, and themes of a Welsh author.

The volume contains three of Crane’s longer short works, each exploring themes of morality, prejudice, and human weakness.

A complex novel combining two parallel storylines: one set in the real world and one in a fantastical fairyland.

The story follows two carefree Harvard students who spend most of their time socializing, joking, and avoiding serious study.

An aristocrat with progressive ideas, insists on equality between servants and masters.

An elderly man who lives in a grand old house in the American countryside. At the center of this house is his massive, ancient chimney.

A collection of eight short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald and his first published book.

A strict schoolmaster who believes in facts, logic, and utility above all else.

A comic episodic novel that follows the amusing adventures of the benevolent and eccentric Mr. Pickwick.

A widowed and manipulative woman in her mid-thirties who wants a husband for herself and her daughter.