Parody Stories

A semi-autobiographical novel, drawing on the author's own youthful experiences at sea.

A boy's father dies before he is born, and his loving mother remarries a cruel man who mistreats the boy.

A novella that follows the transformation of Scrooge, a cold-hearted old man who despises Christmas.

A humorous sequel to his earlier novel Three Men in a Boat. It follows the same three friends on another misadventure.

A social critique centered on a kind, modest young woman born and raised in Marshalsea Prison for Debt in London.

Israel Potter leaves his home in Massachusetts to fight in the American Revolutionary War. After fighting at Bunker Hill, he is captured by the British.

The book opens with the birth of Pantagruel, a giant born to Gargantua and Badebec.

A wealthy dust contractor dies under suspicious circumstances just as he was about to inherit his estranged father’s fortune.

The narrator escapes from the Typee Valley and joins a whaling ship sailing through the South Seas.

A short allegorical novella which takes on a spiritual, and moral tone, presenting a critique of human selfishness.