| Author |
Stockton, Frank R., 1834-1902 |
| Author of introduction, etc. |
Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1850-1918 |
| Editor |
Langworthy, Julia Elizabeth |
| Title |
Fanciful tales
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| Original Publication |
United States: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 85.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.
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| Contents |
Old Pipes and the Dryad -- The Bee-Man of Orn -- The clocks of Rondaine -- The Griffin and the Minor Canon -- The Christmas truants.
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| Credits |
Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
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| Summary |
"Fanciful Tales" by Frank R. Stockton is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The collection includes whimsical tales aimed primarily at children, featuring enchanting characters and moral lessons. Among the stories are adventures involving an old man named Old Pipes who converses with a Dryad, and a young girl named Arla who contemplates the accuracy of the clocks in her town. The opening of this collection introduces "Old Pipes and the Dryad," where we meet Old Pipes, a once-vibrant piper who has grown old and forgetful, now unable to summon the cattle from the mountains with his music. Despite his deteriorating abilities, the townspeople continue to pay him as they send children to retrieve the livestock instead. After a chance encounter with a Dryad, who emerges from a tree after Old Pipes unwittingly frees her, he learns that the cattle can no longer hear him. Driven by integrity, he resolves to return his wages, believing he no longer deserves them. However, through the kindness of the Dryad, who restores his vitality, Old Pipes finds a renewed joy in his music, culminating in unexpected consequences for both him and the enchanting Dryad. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
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| Subject |
Fairy tales
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| Subject |
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
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| Subject |
Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
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| Subject |
Children's stories, American
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| Subject |
Readers (Elementary)
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
71032 |
| Release Date |
Jun 24, 2023 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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