The Lady or the Tiger and Other Stories
 

The Lady or the Tiger and Other Stories

by Frank R. Stockton

1887. Thonias Hewlings Stockton, clergyman, wrote fantastic tales for children under the pen name Frank R. Stockton. He also wrote books for adults. Among his amusing books for children Rudder Grange is the best known. The Lady and the Tiger is one of his most popular works. Contents: The Lady, or the Tiger?; The Transferred Ghost; The Spectral Mortgage; Our Archery Club; That Same Old 'Coon;... (read more)

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The Lady or the Tiger and Other Stories by Frank Stockton is a fine, entertaining collection of original fairy tales and folklore told in the uniquely Victorian prose reflective of the era.

The title story itself was an unprecedented success that both pleased and later haunted the author, whom would have rather been remembered for his other fairy morality tales. But for all his talents as a writer, it was “The Lady or the Tiger” that would be most reprinted in anthologies and would...

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