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) (ePub)

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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

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