41 stories by O. Henry selected and with an Introduction by Burton Raffel and with an Afterword by Laura Furman
The Master of Irony Readers the world over recognize O. Henry as the best short story writer of the early twentieth century. Widely known as a master of irony, O. Henry also displays here dazzling wordplay and a wry combination of pathos and humor. Forty-one stories arranged by geographic location d...
| Main Author: | Henry, O., 1862-1910. |
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| Other Authors: | Raffel, Burton., Furman, Laura. |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Signet Classics,
1984, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
- The Big City :
- The social triangle
- Tobin's palm
- The last leaf
- Schools and schools
- Springtime á la Carte
- Best-seller
- The gift of the magi
- The green door
- Transients in Arcadia
- Brickdust row
- The enchanted profile
- The furnished room
- Con Men And Hoboes :
- Shearing the wolf
- Hostages to momus
- A retrieved reformation
- The higher pragmatism
- Conscience in art
- The ethics of pig
- Jeff Peters as a personal magnet
- A tempered wind
- The Wild West And The Tame West :
- Telemachus, friend
- The Caballaro's way
- Friends in San Rosario
- The sphinx apple
- The princes and the puma
- A chaparral prince
- The enchanted kiss
- The lonesome road
- The hiding of Black Bill
- Hygeia at the solito
- Our Neighbors To The South: Domestic :
- "The rose of Dixie"
- Cherchez la Femme
- The fool-killer
- The moment of victory
- Our Neighbors To The South: Foreign :
- Two renegades
- He also serves
- The lotus and the bottle
- The Shamrock and the palm
- Shoes
- A double-dyed deceiver
- The fourth in Salvador