A Chosen Few: Short Stories (Registro nro. 66550)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Stockton, Frank R., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1834-1902 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A Chosen Few: Short Stories |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2008-05-21 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | A tale of negative gravity -- Asaph -- His wife's deceased sister -- The lady or the tiger? -- The remarkable wreck of the Thomas Hyke -- Old pipes and the dryad -- The transferred ghost -- The philosophy of relative existences -- A piece of red calico. |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Barbara Tozier and the Online<br/>Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This<br/>file was produced from images generously made available<br/>by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "A Chosen Few: Short Stories" by Frank R. Stockton is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The volume showcases several of the author's best-known works, selected through a unique literary process. The stories explore various themes, often featuring interesting characters faced with peculiar situations, including tales of scientific inquiry, social dilemmas, and human emotions. The opening of the collection introduces a narrative titled "A Tale of Negative Gravity," which follows a middle-aged American couple enjoying a spring afternoon in northern Italy. The protagonist, a retired professional, reveals his groundbreaking invention of a mechanism that produces "negative gravity," significantly reducing weight and making objects easier to carry. As the story unfolds, the couple confronts the implications of this invention on their lives, revealing their thoughts on personal satisfaction versus societal expectations. This mix of scientific endeavor and personal reflection sets the tone for the fascinating and imaginative stories to follow in the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Short stories, American |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25549">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25549</a> |
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