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Pastiche
A pastiche is a work of literature that openly imitates the work of a previous artist, sometimes with the intent of satire.
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[Hugh] winced as I squealed the tyres, but after all, it wasn't his motorcar. Holmes did more than wince before we were out of Oxford, but I didn't hit anybody, and only brushed the farm cart slightly. It wasn't his automobile either, and what do men know about driving?
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― The Beekeeper's Apprentice
― The Beekeeper's Apprentice
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A MERRIE JEST of Master William Shakespeare and his DOGGE SPOT
by Stewart Stafford
ACT I, SCENE I.
[The Bard sets his quill down and rises. Enter Spot.]
[SHAKESPEARE]
“Out, out, damned Spot, I say!”
[The dogge doth not stir.]
[SHAKESPEARE]
“Zounds! How sharper than a hound’s tooth it is to have a disobedient dogge!”
[Anne Hathaway opens the door. Spot trots forth.]
[SHAKESPEARE]
“Thou art in cur-llusion, woman!”
[Anne scoffs.]
[ANNE]
“Beware of pawing jealousy, Master Shakespeare. 'Tis the
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