Frank R. Stockton 2 hr 2 min read

El Khoudr, immortal vizier to the legendary Two-Horned Alexander, has lived through the ages, and now, in the modern world, an ordinary man stumbles upon his astonishing secret.

Frank R. Stockton's 1899 novel is a witty fantasy and social-SF tale. Clever, genial, imaginative. Read it for a charming story built on Eastern legend, in which a deathless figure out of ancient myth walks into the present day, from the beloved American author of 'The Lady, or the Tiger?', full of gentle humor and inventive wonder.

In its time

Published in 1899, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

2 hr 2 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).