Stockton, Francis Richard (Frank)

Stockton, Francis Richard (Frank)
(1834-1902) Стоктон, Фрэнсис Ричард (Фрэнк)
Писатель. С конца 1860-х и в 1870-е писал рассказы для детей. Литературный сотрудник и помощник редактора в журналах "Харс энд хоум" [Hearth and Home] и "Скрибнерс мансли" [Scribner's Monthly]. В 1879 написал первый роман для взрослых. Наиболее известны его роман о кораблекрушении в Тихом океане "Г-жа Лекс и г-жа Алешина терпят кораблекрушение" ["The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine"] (1886) и рассказ "Леди или тигр" ["The Lady or the Tiger"] (1882). Писал преимущественно развлекательные романы, не отличавшиеся глубиной

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