Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902)
Author of The Bee-Man of Orn
About the Author
Frank Richard Stockton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 5, 1834. In 1868, he started working for the magazine Hearth and Home, where he wrote fairy tales as well as stories and articles on a variety of subjects for adults. In 1874, he became the assistant editor of Saint Nicholas show more Magazine and worked there until 1878 when he was forced to resign due to failing eyesight. He continued to write by dictating to his wife or a professional secretary. His first fairy tale, Ting-a-Ling, was published in The Riverside Magazine in 1867 and his first book collection was published in 1870. His works include The Lady or the Tiger, The Griffin and the Minor Canon, The Bee-Man of Orn, The House of Martha, and The Lost Dryad. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 20, 1902 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Stockton, Frank Richard (1834-1902) American writer and humorist
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Works by Frank R. Stockton
Penny Dreadful Multipack Vol. 4 (Illustrated. Annotated. Includes 'Frankenstein (1818 Uncensored Version), 'String of… (2014) 9 copies
Old Applejoy's Ghost 3 copies
The Dusantes: A Sequel to "the Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine" (Classic Reprint) (2011) 2 copies
Delphi Complete Works of Frank R. Stockton (Illustrated) (Series Six Book 23) (English Edition) (2016) 2 copies
The Story of Viteau 1 copy
New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times, (Stories from American history) (1896) 1 copy
The Reformed Pirate 1 copy
The Merry Chanter 1 copy
Tales out of school 1 copy
JOHN GAYTHER’S GARDEN 1 copy
The Poor Count's Christmas 1 copy
The Transferred Ghost 1 copy
A Dama ou o Tigre? 1 copy
The Novels and Stories of Frank R. Stockton Vol. XIII The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine and The Vizier… (1900) 1 copy
The Captain's Tollgate 1 copy
The Novels and Stories of Frank R. Stockton: the Great Stone of Sardis and the Water-Devil (1900) 1 copy
O Homem-Abelha de Orn 1 copy
Draken och prästen 1 copy
The Skipper and El Capitan 1 copy
Associated Works
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contributor — 570 copies
The Golden Argosy: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Short Stories in the English Language (1947) — Contributor — 137 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century (1981) — Contributor — 136 copies
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 6: Mythical Beasties (1837) — Contributor — 124 copies
The Best American Humorous Short Stories [Edited by Alexander Jessup] (1920) — Contributor — 60 copies
Lovers & Other Monsters: A Collection of Amorous Tales of Fantasy, Old and New (1992) — Contributor — 57 copies
Christmas Ghosts: Seventeen Great Ghost Stories in the Christmas Tradition (1987) — Contributor — 40 copies
Scientific Romance: An International Anthology of Pioneering Science Fiction (2016) — Contributor — 16 copies
The Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery, Vol. 2: From Salome to Edgar Allan Poe to The Silence of the Lambs (2021) — Contributor — 14 copies
Great American Ghost Stories: Chilling Tales by Poe, Bierce, Hawthorne and Others (2008) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Origins of Science Fiction (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) (2022) — Contributor — 9 copies
The Forgotten Classics of Mystery, Volume II: An Omnibus of American Mysteries (1959) — Contributor — 5 copies
Representative American Short Stories — Contributor — 5 copies
Historier fra de syv have — Author, some editions — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Stockton, Francis Richard
- Other names
- Fort, Paul
Lewees, John
Stockton, Frank
Stockton, Frank Richard - Birthdate
- 1834-04-05
- Date of death
- 1902-04-20
- Burial location
- The Woodlands, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Places of residence
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Burlington, New Jersey, USA
Nutley, New Jersey, USA - Occupations
- novelist
short-story writer
humourist - Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1898)
- Disambiguation notice
- Stockton, Frank Richard (1834-1902) American writer and humorist
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Reviews
The Lady, or the Tiger? Illustrated by Frank R. Stockton
This tightly written story is an engrossing tale for which you will need to write your own ending. Stockton does a great job of leading his readers right up to that non-ending end, from which you surely know, by the time you have finished the story, just how he meant for it to end . . . or do you? Alas, the debate goes on and on and on . . .
This is a classic story I had to read in junior-high (1950s) as preparation for an assignment to write a 'balanced' short story. I can't remember how well I did, but oddly I still remember the story.
Many of you may have had a similar experience, but if you haven't the story is well worth reading. It's really a story about human nature that will leave you guessing.
Many of you may have had a similar experience, but if you haven't the story is well worth reading. It's really a story about human nature that will leave you guessing.
Frank R. Stockton’s The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander is a breezy, fun yarn about a man who's lived about three thousand years. It is not quite a novel. But it is well-written and entertaining.
Highly recommended. Amusingly, though it deals with Moses and Joshua, it skirts Jesus and the disciples and apostles and all that. As such it is ... careful.
Highly recommended. Amusingly, though it deals with Moses and Joshua, it skirts Jesus and the disciples and apostles and all that. As such it is ... careful.
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wirkman | Feb 4, 2021 |
wirkman | Feb 4, 2021 | 
Beforehand, I hoped “The Adventures of Captain Horn” would be an exciting read, but it turned out to be slow-paced and short of thrills.
I almost stopped reading after the first few pages, as what you get is a third-person narrator explaining how Captain Horn’s ship is wrecked on an island. None of this is dramatized, therefore it’s similar to reading a newspaper article.
At long length, I came to some dialogue exchanges between Horn and a handful of survivors. This interested me enough to continue. I usually like shipwreck tales, providing they aren’t dull and uneventful, and hoped this one would start to improve.
The story adds some suspense when Horn and friends learn that a motley crew known as the Rackbirds share the island with them. The Rackbirds keep five African men slaves, of which one escapes and seeks shelter with Horn’s group. From here, it builds to what appears to be inevitable conflict, but sadly the outcome is a complete let down.
The anti-climax regarding the Rackbirds sets the tone for the rest of the book, as whenever Horn or one of his comrades face any danger, it’s easily overcome.
So, rather than an exciting face-off with the Rackbirds, Horn instead discovers a lot of gold. What to do with the gold, how to move the gold, and how to distribute the gold dominates the rest of the story. From this point, which is about one-quarter into the novel, I found myself skipping paragraphs, as the narrative becomes monotonous and passive.
For instance, a long section features Horn moving the gold from A to B. We get lengthy sections of Horn or one of the other characters wondering what they’ll do about such and such a thing, which is usually relating to the gold. I found this very boring.
Also, we have a lot of occasions where one character reads/hears about what another has been doing, so you get lengthy details of past events “told” as a second-hand account, as opposed to “showing” these event as they happen. Little is dramatized. It’s all explained in passive prose.… (more)
I almost stopped reading after the first few pages, as what you get is a third-person narrator explaining how Captain Horn’s ship is wrecked on an island. None of this is dramatized, therefore it’s similar to reading a newspaper article.
At long length, I came to some dialogue exchanges between Horn and a handful of survivors. This interested me enough to continue. I usually like shipwreck tales, providing they aren’t dull and uneventful, and hoped this one would start to improve.
The story adds some suspense when Horn and friends learn that a motley crew known as the Rackbirds share the island with them. The Rackbirds keep five African men slaves, of which one escapes and seeks shelter with Horn’s group. From here, it builds to what appears to be inevitable conflict, but sadly the outcome is a complete let down.
The anti-climax regarding the Rackbirds sets the tone for the rest of the book, as whenever Horn or one of his comrades face any danger, it’s easily overcome.
So, rather than an exciting face-off with the Rackbirds, Horn instead discovers a lot of gold. What to do with the gold, how to move the gold, and how to distribute the gold dominates the rest of the story. From this point, which is about one-quarter into the novel, I found myself skipping paragraphs, as the narrative becomes monotonous and passive.
For instance, a long section features Horn moving the gold from A to B. We get lengthy sections of Horn or one of the other characters wondering what they’ll do about such and such a thing, which is usually relating to the gold. I found this very boring.
Also, we have a lot of occasions where one character reads/hears about what another has been doing, so you get lengthy details of past events “told” as a second-hand account, as opposed to “showing” these event as they happen. Little is dramatized. It’s all explained in passive prose.… (more)
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