Frank R. Stockton 3 hr 23 min read

An old Bee-man who lives with his swarming bees learns he was once transformed from some other creature, and sets out, humbly, to discover what he originally was.

Frank R. Stockton's 1887 collection, by the author of 'The Lady, or the Tiger?', gathers whimsical literary fairy tales. Charming, witty, gently wise. Read it for a treasury of inventive American fancy, the beloved title tale of the searching Bee-man among them, from a master of the droll and delightful fable.

In its time

Published in 1887, during the 1880s, lost races and dying earths.

Reading it

3 hr 23 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).