Elaine Collins

After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows up thinking the squire is her kind benefactor, and falls in love with one of his two sons. When the squire makes his romantic intentions known to Alice, she and Charles elope, incurring the wrath of his father... (Written by Ron Kerrigan (imdb)

While trying to decide what Gregor Samsa wakes up as, Franz Kafka is constantly interrupted by knife-selling strangers, party noise, girls, fancy dress costumes, and other strange and dreamlike visions. (imdb)

This kicks off with the murder of one Adolf Schwartz (who bears a striking resemblance to another famous Adolf) by placing a ravenous piranha fish in his bathtub. Who did it? No-one knows or cares, as they're too busy being distracted by busty Margo Winchester, who hitch-hikes into town and gets involved with all the local men... (imdb)