The Best Short Stories of O. Henry [edited by Cerf and Cartmell]
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Contains thirty-eight stories from the author's mellow, humorous, and ironic moods.Tags
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Perfect for before bed reading. It had been years since I've read anything by O Henry, and what I read was very little. He insightfully turns phrases and creates entertaining, touching, thought provoking stories. I recommend to nearly anyone.
O. Henry for Everybody
This volume provides those who want to see what O. Henry is about, why writers and readers cite him so often, the perfect introduction. As the editors tell readers in their introduction, this collection represents the thirty-eight best of O. Henry. Those with even a passing acquaintance with O. Henry will probably recognize many of the titles, such as “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Ransom of Red Chief,” and “Man About Town.” All the stories are short and can easily be read in spare moments between things. It’s a perfect addition to your collections of short stories. Following is a full listing of the stories contained in this compact volume.
The Gift of the Magi
A Cosmopolite in a Cafe
Man About Town
The show more Copy and the Anthem
The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein
Mammon and the Archer
Springtime À La Carte
From the Cabby’s Seat
An Unfinished Story
The Romance of a Busy Broker
The Furnished Room
Roads of Destiny
The Enchanted Profile
The Passing of Black Eagle
A Retrieved Reformation
The Renaissance at Charleroi
Shoes
Ships
The Hiding of Black Bill
The Duplicity of Hargraves
The Ransom of Red Chief
The Marry Month of May
The Whirligig of Life
A Blackjack Bargainer
A Lickpenny Lover
The Defeat of the City
Squaring the Circle
Transients in Arcadia
The Trimmed Lamp
The Pendulum
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
The Making of a New Yorker
The Lost Blend
A Harlem Tragedy
A Midsummer Knight’s Dream
The Last Leaf
The Count and the Wedding Guest
A Municipal Report show less
This volume provides those who want to see what O. Henry is about, why writers and readers cite him so often, the perfect introduction. As the editors tell readers in their introduction, this collection represents the thirty-eight best of O. Henry. Those with even a passing acquaintance with O. Henry will probably recognize many of the titles, such as “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Ransom of Red Chief,” and “Man About Town.” All the stories are short and can easily be read in spare moments between things. It’s a perfect addition to your collections of short stories. Following is a full listing of the stories contained in this compact volume.
The Gift of the Magi
A Cosmopolite in a Cafe
Man About Town
The show more Copy and the Anthem
The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein
Mammon and the Archer
Springtime À La Carte
From the Cabby’s Seat
An Unfinished Story
The Romance of a Busy Broker
The Furnished Room
Roads of Destiny
The Enchanted Profile
The Passing of Black Eagle
A Retrieved Reformation
The Renaissance at Charleroi
Shoes
Ships
The Hiding of Black Bill
The Duplicity of Hargraves
The Ransom of Red Chief
The Marry Month of May
The Whirligig of Life
A Blackjack Bargainer
A Lickpenny Lover
The Defeat of the City
Squaring the Circle
Transients in Arcadia
The Trimmed Lamp
The Pendulum
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
The Making of a New Yorker
The Lost Blend
A Harlem Tragedy
A Midsummer Knight’s Dream
The Last Leaf
The Count and the Wedding Guest
A Municipal Report show less
O. Henry for Everybody
This volume provides those who want to see what O. Henry is about, why writers and readers cite him so often, the perfect introduction. As the editors tell readers in their introduction, this collection represents the thirty-eight best of O. Henry. Those with even a passing acquaintance with O. Henry will probably recognize many of the titles, such as “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Ransom of Red Chief,” and “Man About Town.” All the stories are short and can easily be read in spare moments between things. It’s a perfect addition to your collections of short stories. Following is a full listing of the stories contained in this compact volume.
The Gift of the Magi
A Cosmopolite in a Cafe
Man About Town
The show more Copy and the Anthem
The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein
Mammon and the Archer
Springtime À La Carte
From the Cabby’s Seat
An Unfinished Story
The Romance of a Busy Broker
The Furnished Room
Roads of Destiny
The Enchanted Profile
The Passing of Black Eagle
A Retrieved Reformation
The Renaissance at Charleroi
Shoes
Ships
The Hiding of Black Bill
The Duplicity of Hargraves
The Ransom of Red Chief
The Marry Month of May
The Whirligig of Life
A Blackjack Bargainer
A Lickpenny Lover
The Defeat of the City
Squaring the Circle
Transients in Arcadia
The Trimmed Lamp
The Pendulum
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
The Making of a New Yorker
The Lost Blend
A Harlem Tragedy
A Midsummer Knight’s Dream
The Last Leaf
The Count and the Wedding Guest
A Municipal Report show less
This volume provides those who want to see what O. Henry is about, why writers and readers cite him so often, the perfect introduction. As the editors tell readers in their introduction, this collection represents the thirty-eight best of O. Henry. Those with even a passing acquaintance with O. Henry will probably recognize many of the titles, such as “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Ransom of Red Chief,” and “Man About Town.” All the stories are short and can easily be read in spare moments between things. It’s a perfect addition to your collections of short stories. Following is a full listing of the stories contained in this compact volume.
The Gift of the Magi
A Cosmopolite in a Cafe
Man About Town
The show more Copy and the Anthem
The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein
Mammon and the Archer
Springtime À La Carte
From the Cabby’s Seat
An Unfinished Story
The Romance of a Busy Broker
The Furnished Room
Roads of Destiny
The Enchanted Profile
The Passing of Black Eagle
A Retrieved Reformation
The Renaissance at Charleroi
Shoes
Ships
The Hiding of Black Bill
The Duplicity of Hargraves
The Ransom of Red Chief
The Marry Month of May
The Whirligig of Life
A Blackjack Bargainer
A Lickpenny Lover
The Defeat of the City
Squaring the Circle
Transients in Arcadia
The Trimmed Lamp
The Pendulum
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
The Making of a New Yorker
The Lost Blend
A Harlem Tragedy
A Midsummer Knight’s Dream
The Last Leaf
The Count and the Wedding Guest
A Municipal Report show less
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Author Information
703+ Works 18,314 Members
O. Henry is the pen name of William Sidney Porter, who was born on September 11, 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Porter was a licensed pharmacist and worked on a sheep ranch in Texas. He was a draftsman for the General Land Office and a teller for the First National Bank of Texas. He was convicted of embezzlement and eventually served five show more years in prison. While in prison, he began writing short stories under his pseudonym and eventually wrote over 300. As O. Henry, Porter is one of America's best known writers, and his stories, such as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief", are still taught in schools. In 1918, the O. Henry Awards, an annual anthology of short stories, was established in his honor. Porter died on June 5, 1910. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Best Short Stories of O. Henry [edited by Cerf and Cartmell]
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- One dollar and eighty-seven cents.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I wonder what's doing in Buffalo!
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- Contents:
- The gift of the Magi
- A cosmopolite in a café
- Man about town
- The cop and the anthem
- The love-philtre of Ikey Schoenstein
- Mammon and the archer
- Springtime à la ... (show all)carte
- From the cabby's seat
- An unfinished story
- The romance of a busy broker
- The furnished room
- Roads of destiny
- The enchanted profile
- The passing of Black Eagle
- A retrieved reformation
- The renaissance at Charleroi
- Shoes
- Ships
- The hiding of Black Bill
- The duplicity of Hargraves
- The ransom of Red Chief
- The merry month of May
- The whirligig of life
- A blackjack bargainer
- A lickpenny lover
- The defeat of the city
- Squaring the circle
- Transients in Arcadia
- The trimmed lamp
- The pendulum
- Two Thanksgiving Day gentlemen
- The making of a New Yorker
- The lost blend
- A Harlem tragedy
- A midsummer knight's dream
- The last leaf
- The Count and the wedding guest
- A municipal report
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