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* ''Tales of a Wayside Inn'' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is about a set of literary companions [[You All Met At An Inn|meeting]] at an Inn and telling [[Exactly What It Says On The Tin|tales]]. As it happened the characters were the writer and several of his friends while the real inn is still open for business in New England. |
* ''Tales of a Wayside Inn'' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is about a set of literary companions [[You All Met At An Inn|meeting]] at an Inn and telling [[Exactly What It Says On The Tin|tales]]. As it happened the characters were the writer and several of his friends while the real inn is still open for business in New England. |
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* [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''[[The High Crusade]]'' uses this ''twice'': the action is framed as being the chronicle written by a monk, which in turn is framed as a translation by a group encountering the subjects of the story. |
* [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''[[The High Crusade]]'' uses this ''twice'': the action is framed as being the chronicle written by a monk, which in turn is framed as a translation by a group encountering the subjects of the story. |
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*[[Technic History]] by [[Poul Anderson]] is a history of the rise and fall of several civilizations within which short stories take place. |
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* The book ''[[The Manuscript Found In Saragossa]]'' and its later [[The Movie|adaption]], ''[[The Saragossa Manuscript]]'' take this trope to extreme lengths, telling stories within stories within stories ''within stories''. The initial Framing Device quickly disappears among the layers of narrative. |
* The book ''[[The Manuscript Found In Saragossa]]'' and its later [[The Movie|adaption]], ''[[The Saragossa Manuscript]]'' take this trope to extreme lengths, telling stories within stories within stories ''within stories''. The initial Framing Device quickly disappears among the layers of narrative. |
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* The [[Pink Carnation]] books, featuring the successor to [[The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]], has a framing device in which a modern-day grad student in England is researching the Carnation's exploits, with the help of another spy's descendant. |
* The [[Pink Carnation]] books, featuring the successor to [[The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]], has a framing device in which a modern-day grad student in England is researching the Carnation's exploits, with the help of another spy's descendant. |
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* Someone tells the story of ''[[Who Moved My Cheese?]]'' at a high school reunion. |
* Someone tells the story of ''[[Who Moved My Cheese?]]'' at a high school reunion. |
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* In ''[[Who Cut the Cheese?]]'' by Stilton Jarlsberg, Biff tells the story of "Who Cut the Cheese?" at a funeral. |
* In ''[[Who Cut the Cheese?]]'' by Stilton Jarlsberg, Biff tells the story of "Who Cut the Cheese?" at a funeral. |
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* The [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] franchise is supposedly obtained from a Hobbit history called the Red Book of Westmarch. |
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