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by Frank R. Stockton. 302 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Frank R. Stockton

Publisher:

   Charles Scribner's Sons

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1908
Subjects:   Fiction
Table of contents
CONTENTS
THE MAGIC EGG 3
"HIS WIFE'S DECEASED SISTER" 23
THE WIDOW'S CRUISE 41
CAPTAIN ELI'S BEST EAR 63
LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST 95
THE STAYING POWER OF SIR ROHAN 129
A PIECE OF RED CALICO 163
THE CHRISTMAS WRECK 173
MY WELL AND WHAT CAME OUT OF IT 195
MR. TOLMAN 221
MY UNWILLING NEIGHBOR 255
OUR ARCHERY CLUB 283
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Scraps of the Untainted Sky: Science Fiction, Utopia, Dystopia
Book by Tom Moylan; Westview Press, 2000
Subjects: Dystopias In Literature, Science Fiction--History And Criticism, Utopias In Literature
...Scraps of the Untainted Sky: Science Fiction, Utopia, Dystopia , Tom Moylan Turning...Scraps of the Untainted Sky Science Fiction, Utopia, Dystopia TOM MOYLAN Westview...Scraps of the untainted sky: science fiction, utopia, dystopia/ Thomas Moylan. p...
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Masterworks of Latin American Short Fiction: Eight Novellas
Book by Cass Canfield Jr.; Westview Press, 1996
Subjects: Latin American Fiction--20th Century--Translations Into English
MASTERWORKS OF LATIN AMERICAN SHORT FICTION MASTERWORKS OF LATIN AMERICAN SHORT FICTION Eight Novellas Edited by Cass Canfield...York. MASTERWORKS OF LATIN AMERICAN SHORT FICTION: EIGHT NOVELLAS. Copyright 1996 by HarperCollins...
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Feminism 3: The Third Generation in Fiction
Book by Irene Zahava; Westview Press, 1996
Subjects: Feminism--Fiction, Fiction, Immigrants--Fiction, Short Stories--Women Authors
...Feminism3 The Third Generation in Fiction edited by Irene Zahava Westview...Data Feminism 3: the third generation in fiction / edited by Irene Zahava. p. cm. ISBN...Short stories--Women authors. 2. Feminism-Fiction. 3. Immigrants-Fiction. I. Zahava, Irene...
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What Is Non-Fiction Cinema? On the Very Idea of Motion Picture Communication
Book by Trevor Ponech; Westview Press, 1999
Subjects: Documentary Films--History And Criticism
What Is Non-Fiction Cinema? -ii- What Is Non-Fiction Cinema? On the Very Idea of Motion Picture Communication...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ponech, Trevor. What is non-fiction cinema?: on the very idea of motion picture communication...
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Tradition and Trauma: Studies in the Fiction of S.J. Agnon
Book by David Patterson, Glenda Abramson; Westview Press, 1994
Subjects: Agnon, Shmuel Yosef--1888-1970--Criticism And Interpretation--Congresses
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index (1890-1997)
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Postgothic fiction: Joyce Carol Oates turns the screw on...Oates, "Short Story" 214). "Postgothic" fiction brings us precisely to this point, the...that there is no reality outside the fictional, no truth beyond the constructions, no...
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International Fiction vs. Ethnic Autobiography: Cultural Appropriation in Mark Twain and Edward Rivera
Journal article by Udo Nattermann; International Fiction Review, 2001
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Journal article by Dean Rehberger; Journal of American Culture, Vol. 18, 1995
Subjects: Culture, History, Literary criticism, Novels
Vulgar Fiction, Impure History: the Neglect of Historical Fiction by Dean Rehberger Historical novels have always...charge of impurity stems from the attempt of historical fiction to bridge the gap between the aesthetic and the historical...
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Fiction Based on Fact: Historical Fiction Newspaper Project Stresses Creativity, Solid Research
Magazine article; Reading Today, Vol. 20, February 2003
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Why We Read Fiction: Two Areas of Research in Cognitive Evolutionary Psychology and Anthropology Offer Tentative but Nevertheless Exciting Insights into Cravings That Are Satisfied-And Intensified-By Reading Fiction
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Why We Read Fiction: Two Areas of Research in Cognitive Evolutionary...Are Satisfied-And Intensified-By Reading Fiction. by Lisa Zunshine In spite...present discussion, by a lack of interest in fiction and story-telling (Baron-Cohen 1995...
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City Social Worker in Running for Fiction Prize
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 18, 2009
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CSI Fiction Can't Beat the Truth; DVDS
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 8, 2009
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New Fiction
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 26, 2009
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Literary Fiction
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 24, 2009
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Are You SAT FAT Savvy? with Three Slices of Toast and Butter Taking You to Your Daily Limit, Here We Separate the Facts from Fiction about Saturated Fat
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 28, 2009
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...Are You SAT FAT Savvy? with Three Slices of Toast and Butter Taking You to Your Daily Limit, Here We Separate the Facts from Fiction about Saturated Fat. Byline: ANGELA EPSTEIN WE ALL know the health risks of a high-fat diet but one type of fat is causing...
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Science Fiction
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SCIENCE FICTION literary genre in which a background...integral part of the story. Although science fiction is a form of fantastic literature, many...invasions from outer space. Science fiction is generally considered to have had its...
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Teleportation , in Science Fiction
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TELEPORTATION , in science fiction in science fiction, the process of instantaneously transporting a person or an object between two points, usually by disappearing from one place and reappearing at a second place as a perfect copy by means...
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Fiction
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FICTION see novel ; short story . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Novel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...literary usage, a sustained work of prose fiction a volume or more in length. It is distinguished from the short story and the fictional sketch, which are necessarily brief...audience. See also mystery ; science fiction . Forerunners of the Novel The term...
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Gardner, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...teacher, lecturer, and prolific writer of fiction, childrens books, poetry, radio plays...controversial work of criticism, On Moral Fiction (1978), Gardner defends the importance of maintaining a high moral purpose in fiction and criticizes his contemporaries for...
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