вЂњThe Lady or the Tiger?вЂќ is a fairy tale set in an exotic, vaguely Oriental kingdom, and as such gestures back to what is perhaps the most influential collection of such tales ever to be published in English, the One Thousand and One Nights, originally compiled in Arabic and later translated into English by Edward Lane (1840, 1859), John Payne (1882), and Richard Burton (1885), among others. In 1902, at the height of his powers and fame as one of the greatest humorists and childrenвЂ™s authors of his age, Stockton died of cerebral hemorrhage. FrankвЂ™s artistic vision would only continue to develop, resulting in 1879 in the publication of Rudder Grange-a collection of short stories and StocktonвЂ™s first hit with the public-and in 1882 the publication of вЂњThe Lady or the Tiger?,вЂќ StocktonвЂ™s most famous story. It was in 1867, however, that his literary life really took off: in this year he published вЂњTing-a-Ling,вЂќ his first story to make a splash, and was consequently offered a prominent position as assistant editor and chief contributor with the childrenвЂ™s section of the magazine Hearth and Home. As demand for wood engraving decreased, Frank also began writing professionally for newspapers in Philadelphia. In 1860, he married Mary Ann Edwards Tuttle, and the couple moved to Nutley, New Jersey, together.

In 1852, Frank began working as a wood engraver despite his fatherвЂ™s suggestion that he go into medicine he was also publishing short stories throughout the 1850s, in literary magazines such as the American Courier and the Southern Literary Magazine.

While a student at Central High School in Philadelphia, he wrote a story that was selected as the top entry in a contest, culminating in publication in the BoysвЂ™ and GirlsвЂ™ Journal. Although his father discouraged FrankвЂ™s literary ambitions, he nonetheless proved himself a talent at a young age. Frank Stockton was born into a large family his mother, Emily Hepsibeth Drean Stockton, was a school administrator, and his father, William Stockton, was a Methodist minister.

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