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The Complete Works
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2994

The Complete Works

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-12-06
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  • Publisher: e-artnow

Among O. Henry's most famous stories, Cabbages and Kings was his first collection of stories, followed by The Four Million. The Gift of the Magi is about a young couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. The Cop and the Anthem is about a New York City hobo named Soapy, who sets out to get arrested so that he can be a guest of the city jail instead of sleeping out in the cold winter. A Retrieved Reformation, which tells the tale of safecracker Jimmy Valentine, recently freed from prison. The Duplicity of Hargraves, a short story about a nearly destitute father and daughter's trip to Washington, D.C. Table of Contents: O. Henry ' On Himself, Life, An...

Selected Short Stories (EasyRead Comfort Edition)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 566

Selected Short Stories (EasyRead Comfort Edition)

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Short Stories
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2897

Short Stories

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-11-13
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  • Publisher: DigiCat

William Sydney Porter (1862–1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings. Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses, etc. O. Henry's work is wide-ranging, and his characters can be found roaming the cattle-lands of Texas, exploring the art of the con-man, or investigating the tensions of class and wealth in turn-of-the-century New York. O. Henry had an inimitable hand for isolating some element of society and describing it wit...

Cabbages and Kings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 246

Cabbages and Kings

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Selected Short Stories
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 462

Selected Short Stories

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Cabbages and Kings (白菜與國王)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1174

Cabbages and Kings (白菜與國王)

This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.

The Complete Short Stories
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2892

The Complete Short Stories

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-12-06
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  • Publisher: e-artnow

Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses, etc. O. Henry's work is wide-ranging, and his characters can be found roaming the cattle-lands of Texas, exploring the art of the con-man, or investigating the tensions of class and wealth in turn-of-the-century New York. O. Henry had an inimitable hand for isolating some element of society and describing it with an incredible economy and grace of language. Some of his best and least-known work is contained in Cabbages and Kings, a series of stories each of which explores some individual aspect of life in ...

The Open Road
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 394

The Open Road

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1938
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Selected Short Stories (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 534
Selected Short Stories (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 390