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Parodies of literature

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' ( , ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism''''' (1947). A young man, Candide, lives a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise, being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. This lifestyle is abruptly ended, followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975 film directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones

Northanger Abbey

1817 novel by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

2009 novel by Seth Grahame-Smith

Hegemon of Thasos

ancient Greek poet

The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall

1942 animated short film directed by Chuck Jones

Parodies of Harry Potter

Wikimedia list article

Love and Freindship

juvenile epistolary novella by Jane Austen, dated 1790

An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews

novel by Henry Fielding

You Are Old, Father William

poem by Lewis Carroll

The Battle of the Books

book by Jonathan Swift

Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal

1983 essay about programming

The Knight of the Burning Pestle