- Paperback: 47 pages
- Publisher: Claymont Communications (June 1986)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0934254117
- ISBN-13: 978-0934254113
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.9 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 358 g
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...ole Haskins he ordered 'em off an' wouldn't let nobody stay thar, though they had a mighty stretchin' time gittin' the dogs away." "It seems to me," said I, " that there wasn't much profit in that hunt." "Well," said Martin, putting his pipe in his pocket, and feeling under his chair for his string of fish, which must have been pretty dry and stiff by this time, "the fun in a 'coon-hunt aint so much in gittin' the 'coon, as goin'arter him--which is purty much the same in a good many other things, as I tell ye." And he took up his fish and departed. HIS WIFE'S DECEASED SISTER. IT is now five years since an event occurred which so colored my life, or rather so changed some of its original colors, that I have thought it well to write an account of redeeming that its lessons may be of advantage to persons whose situations in life are similar to my own. When I was quite a young man I adopted literature as a profession; and having passed through the necessary preparatory grades, I found myself, after a good many years of hard, and often unremunerative work, in possession of what might be called a fair literary practice. My articles, grave, gay, practical, or fanciful, had come to be considered with a favor by the editors of the various periodicals for which I wrote, on which I found in time I could rely with a very comfortable certainty. My productions created no enthusiasm in the reading public; they gave me no great reputation or very valuable pecuniary return; but they were always accepted, and my receipts from them, at the time to which I have referred, were as regular and reliable as a salary, and quite sufficient to give me more than a comfortable support. It was at this time I married. I had been engaged for mor...
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Very appealing typesetting in this edition, Mar 29 2011
By M. Heiss - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Lady, or the Tiger? (Library Binding)
Human nature does not change. The story's writing is gorgeous and captures any person's imagination. Treat your family to this classic. We read it aloud.I love the design of this particular version of the book - one slim volume, and the simple cover - two doors, four eyes. That says it all.
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Original and thought provoking, Nov 22 2011
By w0rdy - Published on Amazon.com
I had originally read the first story of this book in school. I loved the thought of your imagination at the ending. I search long and hard for a copy of the whole book and found an original printing of the book in a little out of the way antique store many years ago(it was no longer in print and this was before Kindle and smart phones were a glimmer of thought). The second story in the book, The Discourager of Hesitancy, is even more thought provoking. Frank Stockton was an amazing writer and his work is classic. This is a must read for everyone.
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Classic Short Story that Makes the Reader Think!, May 31 2011
By Fr. Charles Erlandson - Published on Amazon.com
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I remember reading this story, "The Lady or the Tiger" out of my 8th grade literary reader, and I've been fascinated with the story ever since. If you haven't read it, you should: there's a reason it's a classic story.The story is famous primarily because the author, Frank R. Stockton, has purposely left the ending ambiguous (hence the title of the story). I'll try not to give away too much of the story, but basically, a princess falls in love with a lover below her rank in life. Her father imprisons the lover and offers an unusual punishment. He's placed in an arena that faces two doors. Behind one is a tiger; behind the other is a beautiful woman who the offending lover must marry. The princess knows which door has the tiger and which has the woman, but she's the one who has to decide the fate of her lover. Depending upon how you read the character of the princess as she's developed in the story (and depending on your own psychology), the reader gets to decide which door the princess motions to the lover to take.
I remember writing my own complicated and a little bit bizarre ending to the story when I was younger. It's a story with a built-in thought-experiment that will keep you thinking long after you've read the story. Better yet: read it with a friend or friends and have each try to defend their own interpretation!
The story itself is worth reading, even if you know what's coming at the end because Stockton writes so calmly and simply, leaving barely enough crumbs of clues for the reader to make his decision on how the story ends. It's a simply and beautifully told story, and now you can read it on your Kindle.
Unlike some free Kindle works, this one was easy to read and formatted well.
Enjoy!
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