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Spring was taking its time to arrive in the city, and with no letter from her fiance in weeks, Sarah's quite wilted. "In a faint, golden glow from her dandeleonine dream, she fingered the typewriter keys absently for a little while, with her mind and heart in the meadow lane with her young farmer." Sarah was crying over her bill of fare. Think of a New York girl shedding tears on the menu card!.. O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.
O. Henry had a busy life - including ambushes, arrests and alcoholism. Perhaps this is the explanation of his rich canon of work reflected his wide-range of experiences and is distinctive for its witticism, clever wordplay, and unexpected twist endings. The reader is invited to know the world of O. Henry in these seven selected short stories. - The Gift of the Magi - The Cop and the Anthem - A Retrieved Reformation - The Ransom of Red Chief - Springtime a la Carte - The Count and the Wedding Guest - Witches' Loaves
Also: Cupid a la carte; The caballero's way; The sphinx apple; The missing chord; A call loan; The princess and the puma; The indian summer of dry valley johnson; Christmas by injunction; A chaparral prince; The reformation of calliope); The four million (Tobin's palm; The gift of the magi; A cosmopolite in a cafe; Between rounds; The skylight room; A service of love; The coming-out of maggie; Man about town; The cop and the anthem; An adjustment of nature; Memoirs of a yellow dog; The love-philtre of ikey schoenstein; Mammon and the archer; Springtime a la carte; The green door; From the cabby's seat; An unfinished story; The caliph, cupid and the clock; Sisters of the golden circle; The romance of a busy broker; After twenty years; Lost on dress parade; By courier; The furnished room; The brief debut of tildy.).
William Sydney Porter (1862–1910), better known as O. Henry, led a life similar to those of his own fictional characters. Convicted of embezzlement, he drew inspiration from his prison experiences.nbsp;This volume includes "The Ransom of Red Chief," "The Last Leaf,"nbsp; the classic, "The Gift of the Magi" and 13 more.
O. Henry had a busy life - including ambushes, arrests and alcoholism. Perhaps this is the explanation of his rich canon of work reflected his wide-range of experiences and is distinctive for its witticism, clever wordplay, and unexpected twist endings. The reader is invited to know the world of O. Henry in these seven selected short stories. The Gift of the Magi The Cop and the Anthem A Retrieved Reformation The Ransom of Red Chief Springtime a la Carte The Count and the Wedding Guest Witches' Loaves
The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories by O. Henry Pdf
Sixteen captivating stories by one of America's most popular storytellers. Included are such classics as "The Gift of the Magi," "The Last Leaf," and "The Ransom of Red Chief."
The Complete Works of O. Henry. Illustrated by O. Henry Pdf
William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. In his day he was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. While both authors wrote plot twist endings, O. Henry's stories were considerably more playful, and are also known for their witty narration. Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and frequently feature characters with blue-collar jobs, such as policemen and waitresses. Porter also wrote poetry and non-fiction. CABBAGES AND KINGS THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER “FOX-IN-THE-MORNING” THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE SMITH CAUGHT CUPID’S EXILE NUMBER TWO THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT MONEY MAZE THE ADMIRAL THE FLAG PARAMOUNT THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE SHOES SHIPS MASTERS OF ARTS DICKY ROUGE ET NOIR TWO RECALLS THE VITAGRAPHOSCOPE THE FOUR MILLION TOBIN’S PALM THE GIFT OF THE MAGI A COSMOPOLITE IN A CAFÉ BETWEEN ROUNDS THE SKYLIGHT ROOM A SERVICE OF LOVE THE COMING-OUT OF MAGGIE MAN ABOUT TOWN THE COP AND THE ANTHEM AN ADJUSTMENT OF NATURE MEMOIRS OF A YELLOW DOG THE LOVE-PHILTRE OF IKEY SCHOENSTEIN MAMMON AND THE ARCHER SPRINGTIME À LA CARTE THE GREEN DOOR FROM THE CABBY’S SEAT AN UNFINISHED STORY THE CALIPH, CUPID AND THE CLOCK SISTERS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE THE ROMANCE OF A BUSY BROKER AFTER TWENTY YEARS LOST ON DRESS PARADE BY COURIER THE FURNISHED ROOM THE BRIEF DÉBUT OF TILDY THE TRIMMED LAMP THE TRIMMED LAMP A MADISON SQUARE ARABIAN NIGHT THE RUBAIYAT OF A SCOTCH HIGHBALL THE PENDULUM TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN THE ASSESSOR OF SUCCESS THE BUYER FROM CACTUS CITY THE BADGE OF POLICEMAN O’ROON BRICKDUST ROW THE MAKING OF A NEW YORKER VANITY AND SOME SABLES THE SOCIAL TRIANGLE THE PURPLE DRESS THE FOREIGN POLICY OF COMPANY 99 THE LOST BLEND A HARLEM TRAGEDY “THE GUILTY PARTY” ACCORDING TO THEIR LIGHTS THE LAST LEAF THE COUNT AND THE WEDDING GUEST THE COUNTRY OF ELUSION THE FERRY OF UNFULFILMENT THE TALE OF A TAINTED TENNER ELSIE IN NEW YORK HEART OF THE WEST HEARTS AND CROSSES THE RANSOM OF MACK TELEMACHUS, FRIEND THE HANDBOOK OF HYMEN THE PIMIENTA PANCAKES SEATS OF THE HAUGHTY HYGEIA AT THE SOLITO AN AFTERNOON MIRACLE THE HIGHER ABDICATION CUPID A LA CARTE THE CABALLERO’S WAY THE SPHINX APPLE THE MISSING CHORD A CALL LOAN THE PRINCESS AND THE PUMA THE INDIAN SUMMER OF DRY VALLEY JOHNSON CHRISTMAS BY INJUNCTION A CHAPARRAL PRINCE THE REFORMATION OF CALLIOPE THE VOICE OF THE CITY THE VOICE OF THE CITY THE COMPLETE LIFE OF JOHN HOPKINS A LICKPENNY LOVER DOUGHERTY’S EYE-OPENER “LITTLE SPECK IN GARNERED FRUIT” THE HARBINGER WHILE THE AUTO WAITS A COMEDY IN RUBBER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS THE DEFEAT OF THE CITY THE SHOCKS OF DOOM THE PLUTONIAN FIRE NEMESIS AND THE CANDY MAN SQUARING THE CIRCLE ROSES, RUSES AND ROMANCE THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT THE EASTER OF THE SOUL THE FOOL-KILLER TRANSIENTS IN ARCADIA THE RATHSKELLER AND THE ROSE THE CLARION CALL EXTRADITED FROM BOHEMIA A PHILISTINE IN BOHEMIA FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY THE MEMENTO ROADS OF DESTINY ROADS OF DESTINY THE LEFT BRANCH THE RIGHT BRANCH THE MAIN ROAD THE GUARDIAN OF THE ACCOLADE THE DISCOUNTERS OF MONEY THE ENCHANTED PROFILE “NEXT TO READING MATTER” ART AND THE BRONCO PHŒBE A DOUBLE-DYED DECEIVER THE PASSING OF BLACK EAGLE A RETRIEVED REFORMATION CHERCHEZ LA FEMME FRIENDS IN SAN ROSARIO THE FOURTH IN SALVADOR THE EMANCIPATION OF BILLY THE ENCHANTED KISS A DEPARTMENTAL CASE BENTON SHARP MEETS HIS MATCH THE RENAISSANCE AT CHARLEROI ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT WHISTLING DICK’S CHRISTMAS STOCKING THE HALBERDIER OF THE LITTLE RHEINSCHLOSS TWO RENEGADES THE LONESOME ROAD OPTIONS “THE ROSE OF DIXIE” THE THIRD INGREDIENT THE HIDING OF BLACK BILL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS THIMBLE, THIMBLE SUPPLY AND DEMAND BURIED TREASURE TO HIM WHO WAITS HE ALSO SERVES THE MOMENT OF VICTORY THE HEAD-HUNTER NO STORY THE HIGHER PRAGMATISM BEST-SELLER RUS IN URBE A POOR RULE STRICTLY BUSINESS STRICTLY BUSINESS THE GOLD THAT GLITTERED BABES IN THE JUNGLE THE DAY RESURGENT THE FIFTH WHEEL THE POET AND THE PEASANT THE ROBE OF PEACE THE GIRL AND THE GRAFT THE CALL OF THE TAME THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY THE THING’S THE PLAY A RAMBLE IN APHASIA A MUNICIPAL REPORT PSYCHE AND THE PSKYSCRAPER A BIRD OF BAGDAD COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON A NIGHT IN NEW ARABIA THE GIRL AND THE HABIT PROOF OF THE PUDDING PAST ONE AT ROONEY’S THE VENTURERS THE DUEL “WHAT YOU WANT” WHIRLIGIGS THE WORLD AND THE DOOR THE THEORY AND THE HOUND THE HYPOTHESES OF FAILURE CALLOWAY’S CODE A MATTER OF MEAN ELEVATION “GIRL” SOCIOLOGY IN SERGE AND STRAW THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF THE MARRY MONTH OF MAY A TECHNICAL ERROR SUITE HOMES AND THEIR ROMANCE THE WHIRLIGIG OF LIFE A SACRIFICE HIT THE ROADS WE TAKE A BLACKJACK BARGAINER THE SONG AND THE SERGEANT ONE DOLLAR’S WORTH A NEWSPAPER STORY TOMMY’S BURGLAR A CHAPARRAL CHRISTMAS GIFT A LITTLE LOCAL COLOUR GEORGIA’S RULING BLIND MAN’S HOLIDAY A MEDLEY OF MOODS MADAME BO-PEEP, OF THE RANCHES THE TWO WOMEN THE ONE: A FOG IN SANTONE THE OTHER: A MEDLEY OF MOODS SIXES AND SEVENS THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS THE SLEUTHS WITCHES’ LOAVES THE PRIDE OF THE CITIES HOLDING UP A TRAIN ULYSSES AND THE DOGMAN THE CHAMPION OF THE WEATHER MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN AT ARMS WITH MORPHEUS A GHOST OF A CHANCE JIMMY HAYES AND MURIEL THE DOOR OF UNREST THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES LET ME FEEL YOUR PULSE OCTOBER AND JUNE THE CHURCH WITH AN OVERSHOT-WHEEL NEW YORK BY CAMP FIRE LIGHT THE ADVENTURES OF SHAMROCK JOLNES THE LADY HIGHER UP THE GREATER CONEY LAW AND ORDER TRANSFORMATION OF MARTIN BURNEY THE CALIPH AND THE CAD THE DIAMOND OF KALI THE DAY WE CELEBRATE THE GENTLE GRAFTER THE OCTOPUS MAROONED JEFF PETERS AS A PERSONAL MAGNET MODERN RURAL SPORTS THE CHAIR OF PHILANTHROMATHEMATICS THE HAND THAT RILES THE WORLD THE EXACT SCIENCE OF MATRIMONY A MIDSUMMER MASQUERADE SHEARING THE WOLF INNOCENTS OF BROADWAY CONSCIENCE IN ART THE MAN HIGHER UP A TEMPERED WIND HOSTAGES TO MOMUS THE ETHICS OF PIG ROLLING THE DREAM A RULER OF MEN THE ATAVISM OF JOHN TOM LITTLE BEAR HELPING THE OTHER FELLOW THE MARIONETTES THE MARQUIS AND MISS SALLY A FOG IN SANTONE THE FRIENDLY CALL A DINNER AT –––– SOUND AND FURY TICTOCQ TRACKED TO DOOM A SNAPSHOT AT THE PRESIDENT AN UNFINISHED CHRISTMAS STORY THE UNPROFITABLE SERVANT ARISTOCRACY VERSUS HASH THE PRISONER OF ZEMBLA A STRANGE STORY FICKLE FORTUNE OR HOW GLADYS HUSTLED AN APOLOGY LORD OAKHURST’S CURSE BEXAR SCRIP NO. 2692 QUERIES AND ANSWERS WAIFS AND STRAYS THE RED ROSES OF TONIA ROUND THE CIRCLE THE RUBBER PLANT’S STORY OUT OF NAZARETH CONFESSIONS OF A HUMORIST THE SPARROWS IN MADISON SQUARE HEARTS AND HANDS THE CACTUS THE DETECTIVE DETECTOR THE DOG AND THE PLAYLET A LITTLE TALK ABOUT MOBS THE SNOW MAN O HENRYANA THE CRUCIBLE A LUNAR EPISODE THREE PARAGRAPHS BULGER’S FRIEND A PROFESSIONAL SECRET THE ELUSIVE TENDERLOIN THE STRUGGLE OF THE OUTLIERS MY TUSSLE WITH THE DEVIL by O. Henry’s Ghost THE BARRAGE FIRE COMMENTS OVER THERE FOREWORD MY TUSSLE WITH THE DEVIL THE CONTEST SLEEPING YEARNING ANIMALS WEARINESS THE SLAVE FREEDOM JEWELS MULTITUDES GOING HOME THE THREE H’S THE SENSES FANCIES TRUSTING THOUGHTS THINKING YESTERDAY-TODAY “LOVE” A VISION
O'Henry's "Tobin's Palm" is a short story about one friend trying to distract the other who is very troubled about why his fiance from Ireland has not reach America yet and she be carrying his money from his inherited estate, so a trip to Coney Island is ordered to calm his nerves. O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.
O. Henry's stories frequently have surprise endings. In his day, he was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. While both authors wrote plot twist endings, O. Henry stories were considerably more playful. His stories are also known for witty narration. 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 a paralytically sleepy Central American town, while advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another.
The Complete O. Henry Short Stories (Rolling Stones + Cabbages and Kings + Options + Roads of Destiny + The Four Million + The Trimmed Lamp + The Voice of the City + Whirligigs and more) by O. Henry Pdf
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete O. Henry Short Stories (Rolling Stones + Cabbages and Kings + Options + Roads of Destiny + The Four Million + The Trimmed Lamp + The Voice of the City + Whirligigs and more)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. 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 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 a paralytically sleepy Central American town, while advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another. Table of Contents: Cabbages And Kings: The Proem By The Carpenter "Fox-in-the-morning" The Lotus And The Bottle Smith Caught Cupid's Exile Number Two The Phonograph And The Graft Money Maze The Admiral The Flag Paramount The Shamrock And The Palm The Remnants Of The Code Shoes Ships Masters Of Arts Dicky Rouge Et Noir Two Recalls The Vitagraphoscope Heart of the West My Tussle with the Devil by O. Henry's Ghost O Henryana Options Roads of Destiny Rolling Stones Sixes and Sevens Strictly Business The Four Million The Gentle Grafter The Trimmed Lamp The Two Women The Voice of the City Waifs and Strays Whirligigs Biography of O. Henry...
This is a collection of short stories from the vast corpus of work that O. Henry has left behind. These selected stories not only give the reader a chance to read some of the best known of his works but also bear ample evidence of the wide range of his writings.Humorous and energetic, O. Henry s stories are marked by coincidence and surprise endings. They offer an insight into human nature and the ways it is affected by love, hate, wealth, poverty, gentility, disguise, and crime.O. Henry s depiction of his characters and their unique situation continues to weave their magic over readers almost a hundred years after the author created them. This is a must-read for all short story lovers as well as for those who want to take a dip into the world of classics.
Collected Works of O. Henry PART -IV : Roads of Destiny / The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million / The Four Million by O. Henry Pdf
This Combo Collection (Set of 3 Books) includes All-time Bestseller Books. This anthology contains: Roads of Destiny The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million The Four Million
