Charles Stewart Given

Charles Stewart Given is a public-domain author whose surviving online record is quite sparse. The clearest confirmed work connected to him is A Fleece of Gold: Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece, available through major public-domain libraries and bibliographic listings.

From that title alone, his style seems to have been interpretive rather than purely academic: he used a well-known myth as a way to draw out practical ideas for readers. Because reliable biographical details are limited in the sources available, it is safest to remember him chiefly through this compact retelling and reflection on a classic tale.

His work has lasted in part because it entered the public domain, allowing modern readers to rediscover it through digital archives such as Wikisource and The Online Books Page.