Scrambled Stories

[PabloQ]

Nightshade, Are you thinking of "Three Men in a Boat"? Even so, alas no.
Pen, you're giving me way to much credit. 0-2 again. Keep batting like that and you'll have to change your name to The Cubs.

[PabloQ]

Your first hint, albeit obscure:
Nine works are American (including 18)
Six are from the UK
Three are Russian
One is French
And of course Eddie Rex is Greek

[Bitterfly]

15. La Terre, by Zola?

[Bitterfly]

14. The Constant Gardener?

God, they're hard!

[Pendragon]

Nightshade, Are you thinking of "Three Men in a Boat"? Even so, alas no.
Pen, you're giving me way to much credit. 0-2 again. Keep batting like that and you'll have to change your name to The Cubs.

Well, perhaps it is not my batting. Keep pitching like this and you may sit the bench next round!

[PabloQ]

These are predominantly plays on words, puns. I work a lot of crossword puzzles, so they really lack the sophistication of Pendragon's clues. Really, these are groaners.
Helpful hints.
If it ends with an ellipsis (...), adding the work will complete the sentence.
A question mark indicates a play on words - a homonym, a synonym. Like clue 2.
Trust me you are going to groan when you see the answers.
Because I'm feeling generous, I'm going to give Papayahead credit for getting The Seagull as the answer to number 11. (Although I don't think it had a name).
I honestly thought number 3 was the most obscure one on this list and that was guessed immediately.

[Pendragon]

Hints or answers, Q! You've brought my simple game to a standstill!

[Niamh]

yeah i havent a clue.

[PabloQ]

4. Soda Jerk CEO? The Fountainhead
5. Once it burns to the ground... What if it was your house - American
7. Worn out shoes? Dead Souls
8. On the menu under appetizers: Buffalo Squab? What do we slather buffalo sauce on in this country? American
9. You like him, I like him. 19th century British, big name.
11. For Everything there is a season - tern, tern, tern The Seagull
13. A disease you catch at the bus station? What's another name for bus station - French
14. He has a rake... Ivanhoe
15. Loam - I learned what concubine was from this one - American
16. Sergeant York, for one Two cars in every garage - British
18. "Yoo hoo! Yoo hoo! You in the schooner..." Praire schooner - American
19. "Sir, I've got Oscar on line 2." British playwright on the telephone? - American
20. Dimaggio: "I got it! I got it! I don't got it." Try saying got another way - American

There are some clues. You'll groan. Answers Tuesday night.

[Pendragon]

4: The Fountainhead

[Nightshade]

8) cant be chicken wings surely?
19) is somthing to do with Oscar Wilde
14) Ivanhoe ?

[Bitterfly]

7. isn't Dead Souls, is it? If so, what an APPALLING pun!!!!!!!!!!

[PabloQ]

4: The Fountainhead

Now we're talking.

[PabloQ]

8) cant be chicken wings surely?
19) is somthing to do with Oscar Wilde
14) Ivanhoe ?

8. You're on the right track, but what's a squab?
19. Ok...so far so good...one more step
14. uh huh, you bet.

[PabloQ]

7. isn't Dead Souls, is it? If so, what an APPALLING pun!!!!!!!!!!

I believe you were adequately warned at the beginning that these are some real groaners. Correct!!