… a stranger comes to town = the only stories ever told.
Things are good; things get bad; things get worse; things get better = The plot of every drama.
We are admittedly book snobs here in The Jungle. We read ’em, we write ’em, we worship ’em.
Here’s a summary of some of the best books ever written.

Loved this. But wait, isn’t there a Grendel in Beowulf??