Frank R. Stockton

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Frank R. Stockton is chiefly remembered today for his innovative short stories and children’s fairy tales, which established his name as one of America’s greatest storytellers in the last decades of the nineteenth century. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Stockton’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare story collections and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2)

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* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Stockton’s life and works
* All 19 novels, with individual contents tables
* The complete short stories – with many rare tales
* Includes rare story collections appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including AFIELD AND AFLOAT, STEPHEN SKARRIDGE’S CHRISTMAS and many more
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Many of the collections and novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork, featuring hundreds of images
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Easily locate the tales you want to read
* Includes Stockton’s rare non-fiction – available in no other collection
* Features the memoir by Marian E. Stockton – discover Stockton’s literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* Updated with THE HUNDREDTH MAN and PERSONALLY CONDUCTED

CONTENTS:

The Short Story Collections
TING-A-LING TALES
ROUND-ABOUT RAMBLES IN LANDS OF FACT AND FANCY
STEPHEN SKARRIDGE’S CHRISTMAS
THE FLOATING PRINCE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES
THE LADY OR THE TIGER? AND OTHER STORIES
A BORROWED MONTH AND OTHER STORIES
THE BEE-MAN OF ORN AND OTHER FANCIFUL TALES
AMOS KILBRIGHT; HIS ADSCITITIOUS EXPERIENCES, WITH OTHER STORIES
THE CLOCKS OF RONDAINE, AND OTHER STORIES
THE WATCHMAKER’S WIFE AND OTHER STORIES
A CHOSEN FEW SHORT STORIES
THE RUDDER GRANGERS ABROAD AND OTHER STORIES
JOHN GAYTHER’S GARDEN AND THE STORIES TOLD THEREIN
THE MAGIC EGG AND OTHER STORIES
AFIELD AND AFLOAT
MISCELLANEOUS SHORT STORIES

The Short Stories
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Novels
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED
RUDDER GRANGE
A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP
THE CASTING AWAY OF MRS LECKS AND MRS ALESHINE
THE LATE MRS. NULL
THE DUSANTES
THE ASSOCIATE HERMITS
THE GIRL AT COBHURST
THE HOUSE OF MARTHA
THE HUNDREDTH MAN
THE SQUIRREL INN
THE GREAT WAR SYNDICATE
KATE BONNET: THE ROMANCE OF A PIRATE’S DAUGHTER
A BICYCLE OF CATHAY
POMONA’S TRAVELS
THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HORN
MRS. CLIFF’S YACHT
THE GREAT STONE OF SARDIS
THE VIZIER OF THE TWO-HORNED ALEXANDER
THE CAPTAIN’S TOLL-GATE

The Non-Fiction
THE HOME: WHERE IT SHOULD BE AND WHAT TO PUT IN IT
STORIES OF NEW JERSEY
BUCCANEERS AND PIRATES OF OUR COASTS
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED

The Biography
A MEMORIAL SKETCH OF MR. STOCKTON by Marian E. Stockton