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Book Synopsis 7 best short stories by Frank R. Stockton by : Frank Richard Stockton
Download or read book 7 best short stories by Frank R. Stockton written by Frank Richard Stockton and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank R. Stocktonavoided the didactic moralizing common to children's stories of the time. Instead, he humorously poked fun at greed, violence, abuse of power and other human foibles, describing his fantastic characters' adventures in a charming, matter-of-fact way. Join us in these seven short stories specially selected by the critic August Nemo: - The Bee-Man Of Orn. - The Griffin And The Minor Canon. - Old Pipes And The Dryad. - The Queen's Museum. - Prince Hassak's March. - The Battle Of The Third Cousins. - The Banished King.
Book Synopsis The Best Short Stories of Frank R. Stockton by : Frank R. Stockton
Download or read book The Best Short Stories of Frank R. Stockton written by Frank R. Stockton and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Lady, Or the Tiger? and Other Stories. By: Frank R. Stockton by : Frank R. Stockton
Download or read book The Lady, Or the Tiger? and Other Stories. By: Frank R. Stockton written by Frank R. Stockton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-12 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Lady, or the Tiger?" is a much-anthologized short story written by Frank R. Stockton for publication in the magazine The Century in 1882. "The Lady, or the Tiger?" has entered the English language as an allegorical expression, a shorthand indication or signifier, for a problem that is unsolvable.The short story takes place in a land ruled by a semi-barbaric king. Some of the king's ideas are progressive, but others cause people to suffer. One of the king's innovations is the use of a public trial by ordeal as an agent of poetic justice, with guilt or innocence decided by the result of chance. A person accused of a crime is brought into a public arena and must choose one of two doors.[1] Behind one door is a lady whom the king has deemed an appropriate match for the accused; behind the other is a fierce, hungry tiger. Both doors are heavily soundproofed to prevent the accused from hearing what is behind each one. If he chooses the door with the lady behind it, he is innocent and must immediately marry her, but if he chooses the door with the tiger behind it, he is deemed guilty and is immediately devoured by it. The king learns that his daughter has a lover, a handsome and brave youth who is of lower status than the princess, and has him imprisoned to await trial. By the time that day comes, the princess has used her influence to learn the positions of the lady and the tiger behind the two doors. She has also discovered that the lady is someone whom she hates, thinking her to be a rival for the affections of the accused. When he looks to the princess for help, she discreetly indicates the door on his right, which he opens. The outcome of this choice is not revealed. Instead, the narrator departs from the story to summarize the princess's state of mind and her thoughts about directing the accused to one fate or the other, as she will lose him to either death or marriage. The story ends with the question, "And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the opened door - the lady, or the tiger?..".. Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 - April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.Born in Philadelphia in the year 1834, Stockton was the son of a prominent Methodist minister who discouraged him from a writing career. After he married Mary Ann Edwards Tuttle, they moved to Burlington, New Jersey.where he produced some of his first literary work. The couple then moved to Nutley, New Jersey. For years he supported himself as a wood engraver until his father's death in 1860; in 1867, he moved back to Philadelphia to write for a newspaper founded by his brother. His first fairy tale, "Ting-a-ling," was published that year in The Riverside Magazine; his first book collection appeared in 1870. He was also an editor for Hearth and Home magazine in the early 1870s. He died in 1902 of cerebral hemorrhage and is buried at The Woodlands in Philadelphia.
Book Synopsis Frank R. Stockton by : Frank R. Stockton
Download or read book Frank R. Stockton written by Frank R. Stockton and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains four stories by nineteenth-century American writer Frank R. Stockton, including "The Lady or the Tiger?" (1884), his most famous story; "The Griffin and the Minor Canon" (1885); "The Widow's Cruise"; and "A Piece of Red Calico"; and features biographical information about the author.
Book Synopsis A Chosen Few by : Frank Richard Stockton
Download or read book A Chosen Few written by Frank Richard Stockton and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories contained in this little volume were chosen, by virtue of a sort of literary civil-service examination, in order that they might be grouped together as a representative class of the author's best-known work in this line. Several of these stories have points of peculiar interest to the author. For instance, "Negative Gravity" was composed in Switzerland when the author was temporarily confined to the house in full view of unreachable Alps. "His Wife's Deceased Sister" was suggested by an editorial disposition to compare all the author's work with one previous production, and to discard everything which did not accord exactly with the particular story which had been selected as a standard of merit. "The Lady, or the Tiger?" was printed in the hope that the author might receive the cheerful coöperation of some of his readers in a satisfactory solution of the problem contained in the little story; but although he has had much valuable assistance in this direction he has also been the recipient of a great deal of scolding.
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Book Synopsis The Lady, Or the Tiger? by : Stockton Frank R.
Download or read book The Lady, Or the Tiger? written by Stockton Frank R. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called the most famous riddle mystery of all time, this very short story poses a dilemma. A man is sentenced to an unusual punishment for having a romance with a king's beloved daughter. Taken to the public arena, he is faced with two doors, behind one of which is a hungry tiger that will devour him. Behind the other is a beautiful lady-in-waiting, whom he will have to marry if he finds her. While the crowd waits anxiously for his decision, he sees the princess among the spectators, who points him to the door on the right with a slight movement of her hand. The lover starts to open the door and ...
Book Synopsis A Chosen Few Short Stories by : Frank Richard Stockton
Download or read book A Chosen Few Short Stories written by Frank Richard Stockton and published by Fredonia Books (NL). This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories contained in this little volume were chosen, by virtue of a sort of literary civil-service examination, in order that they might be grouped together as a representative class of the author's best-known work in this line. Several of these stories have points of peculiar interest to the author. For instance, Negative Gravity was composed in Switzerland when the author was temporarily confined to the house in full view of unreachable Alps. His Wife's Deceased Sister was suggested by an editorial disposition to compare all the author's work with one previous production, and to discard everything which did not accord exactly with the particular story which had been selected as a standard of merit. The Lady, or the Tiger? was printed in the hope that the author might receive the cheerful cooperation of some of his readers in a satisfactory solution of the problem contained in the little story; but although he has had much valuable assistance in this direction he has also been the recipient of a great deal of scolding. After reading several stories by Clark Russell, the author's mind was led to consider the possibility of inventing some sort of shipwreck which had never yet been made the subject of a story. His efforts in this line resulted in The Remarkable Wreck of the 'Thomas Hyke.' A Piece of Red Calico is a description, with exaggerated points, of an actual experience.
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Book Synopsis Frank R. Stockton by : Prescott Hill
Download or read book Frank R. Stockton written by Prescott Hill and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four often-anthologized stories from a unique American humorist. Abridged. Great American Short Stories.
Book Synopsis The Lady, Or the Tiger? - Scholar's Choice Edition by : Frank R Stockton
Download or read book The Lady, Or the Tiger? - Scholar's Choice Edition written by Frank R Stockton and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by : Frank R. Stockton
Download or read book Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy written by Frank R. Stockton and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discovery book for children, with illustrations and instructive chapters on light, animals, music, weather, soldiers, food, insects, ad infinitum.
Download or read book Ting-a-ling written by Frank R. Stockton and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Chosen Few Short Stories by : Frank Richard Stockton
Download or read book A Chosen Few Short Stories written by Frank Richard Stockton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Chosen Few Short Stories by Frank Richard Stockton My wife and I were staying at a small town in northern Italy; and on a certain pleasant afternoon in spring we had taken a walk of six or seven miles to see the sun set behind some low mountains to the west of the town. Most of our walk had been along a hard, smooth highway, and then we turned into a series of narrower roads, sometimes bordered by walls, and sometimes by light fences of reed or cane. Nearing the mountain, to a low spur of which we intended to ascend, we easily scaled a wall about four feet high, and found ourselves upon pasture-land, which led, sometimes by gradual ascents, and sometimes by bits of rough climbing, to the spot we wished to reach. We were afraid we were a little late, and therefore hurried on, running up the grassy hills, and bounding briskly over the rough and rocky places. I carried a knapsack strapped firmly to my shoulders, and under my wife's arm was a large, soft basket of a kind much used by tourists. Her arm was passed through the handles and around the bottom of the basket, which she pressed closely to her side. This was the way she always carried it. The basket contained two bottles of wine, one sweet for my wife, and another a little acid for myself. Sweet wines give me a headache.... We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Book Synopsis The Novels And Stories Of Frank R. Stockton: Stories. [v.] 1: The Lady Or The Tiger? The Discourager Of Hesitancy. The Transferred Ghost. The Spectral by : Frank Richard Stockton
Download or read book The Novels And Stories Of Frank R. Stockton: Stories. [v.] 1: The Lady Or The Tiger? The Discourager Of Hesitancy. The Transferred Ghost. The Spectral written by Frank Richard Stockton and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The Magic Egg and Other Stories by Frank R. Stockton, Fiction, Short Stories by : Frank Richard Stockton
Download or read book The Magic Egg and Other Stories by Frank R. Stockton, Fiction, Short Stories written by Frank Richard Stockton and published by . This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also included in this volume are "'His Wife's Deceased Sister, '" "The Widow's Cruise," "Captain Eli's Best Ear," "Love Before Breakfast," "The Staying Power of Sir Rohan," "A Piece of Red Calico," "The Christmas Wreck," "My Well and What Came Out of It," "Mr. Tolman," "My Unwilling Neighbor," and "Our Archery Club.
Book Synopsis The Novels and Stories of Frank R. Stockton by : Frank R. Stockton
Download or read book The Novels and Stories of Frank R. Stockton written by Frank R. Stockton and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Magic Egg Other Stories by : Frank R. Stockton
Download or read book Magic Egg Other Stories written by Frank R. Stockton and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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