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Frank Richard Stockton 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.
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Frank Richard Stockton, byname of Francis Richard Stockton (born April 5, 1834, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died April 20, 1902, Washington, D.C.) American popular novelist and short-story writer of mainly humorous fiction, best known as the author of the title story of a collection called The Lady, or the Tiger? (1884).
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The Lady, or The Tiger?—Frank Stockton
Meet Frank R. Stockton ( ) At the height of his success, Frank R. Stockton was considered a major literary figure in the United States, second in importance only to Mark Twain. Stockton’s body of work fills twenty-three volumes and includes stories, novels, and nonfiction. Yet today, this writer is known primarily for his story, “The Lady, or the Tiger?” The story created a stir at the time it was published, as well as afterward; it was later turned into an operetta, a play, a movie, and a recording.
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