author
Frank R. Stockton
1834–1902
Best known for the endlessly debatable classic The Lady, or the Tiger?, this American writer mixed humor, fantasy, and clever puzzles in stories for both children and adults. His work helped make the short story feel playful, surprising, and wide open to interpretation.
42 Audiobooks
The Stories of the Three Burglars
by Frank R. Stockton
The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander
by Frank R. Stockton
The Lady, or the Tiger?
by Frank R. Stockton
Buccaneers and pirates of our coasts
by Frank R. Stockton
The Adventures of Captain Horn
by Frank R. Stockton
Tales out of school
by Frank R. Stockton
Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden
by Frank R. Stockton
What Might Have Been Expected
by Frank R. Stockton
Eleven Possible Cases
by Frank R. Stockton, Edgar Fawcett, Franklin Fyles, Anna Katharine Green, Henry Harland, Ingersoll Lockwood, Joaquin Miller, Kirk Munroe, Brainard Gardner Smith, Maurice Thompson, A. C. (Andrew Carpenter) Wheeler
The Magic Egg, and Other Stories
by Frank R. Stockton
A Jolly Fellowship
by Frank R. Stockton
The Associate Hermits
by Frank R. Stockton
Rudder Grange
by Frank R. Stockton
The Captain's Toll-Gate
by Frank R. Stockton
The young master of Hyson Hall
by Frank R. Stockton
John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein
by Frank R. Stockton
Amos Kilbright; His Adscititious Experiences With Other Stories
by Frank R. Stockton
The Girl at Cobhurst
by Frank R. Stockton
Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy
by Frank R. Stockton
Fanciful tales
by Frank R. Stockton
Stories of New Jersey
by Frank R. Stockton
The Great War Syndicate
by Frank R. Stockton
The Late Mrs. Null
by Frank R. Stockton
The Story of Viteau
by Frank R. Stockton
A Chosen Few: Short Stories
by Frank R. Stockton
My Terminal Moraine 1892
by Frank R. Stockton
The casting away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine
by Frank R. Stockton
The Dusantes
by Frank R. Stockton
The House of Martha
by Frank R. Stockton
Captain Chap; or, The Rolling Stones
by Frank R. Stockton
The Lost Dryad
by Frank R. Stockton
Mrs. Cliff's Yacht
by Frank R. Stockton
Länsi-Intian merisissejä
by Frank R. Stockton
Ting-a-ling
by Frank R. Stockton
The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales
by Frank R. Stockton
Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter
by Frank R. Stockton
The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories
by Frank R. Stockton
The Great Stone of Sardis
by Frank R. Stockton
A Bicycle of Cathay
by Frank R. Stockton
The Squirrel Inn
by Frank R. Stockton
The poor Count's Christmas
by Frank R. Stockton
Hupaisa juttu
by Frank R. Stockton
About the author
Born in Philadelphia in 1834, Frank R. Stockton first trained as a wood engraver before turning to writing and editing. He became known for a warm, witty style that moved easily between fairy tales, comic fiction, and sharp little thought experiments.
He is most closely associated with The Lady, or the Tiger?, the 1882 story whose famous unanswered question kept readers arguing long after they finished it. He also wrote popular collections of children’s stories and novels, including The Bee-Man of Orn and The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine, showing a gift for blending imagination with light satire.
Stockton died in 1902, but his fiction still feels lively because it invites readers to play along. Even when his stories are whimsical, they are built around curiosity, suspense, and the pleasure of not being given every answer.