O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. Collected in this collection is a giant anthology of his work with an active table of contents.Works include:Heart of the WestCabbages and KingsThe Four MillionThe Gentle GrafterThe Gift of the MagiOptionsRoads of DestinyRolling StonesStrictly Business More Stories of the Four MillionSixes and SevensThe Trimmed Lamp & Other StoriesThe Voice of the CityWaifs and StraysWhirligigsT...

This file includes the following book-length collections of short stories: Cabbages and Kings, The Four Million, The Gentle Grafter, Heart of the West, Options, Roads of Destiny, Rolling Stones, Sixes and Sevens, Strictly Business, The Trimmed Lamp, The Voice of the City, Waifs and Strays, and Whirligigs. According to Wikipedia: "O. Henry was the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 June 5, 1910). O. Henry short stories are known for wit, wordplay, warm cha...

"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story, about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been a popular one for adaptation, especially for presentation during the Christmas season.

The more than 600 stories written by O. Henry provided an embarrassment of riches for the compilers of this volume. The final selection of the thirty-eight stories in this collection offers for the reader's delight those tales honored almost unanimously by anthologists and those that represent, in variety and balance, the best work of America's favorite storyteller. They are tales in his most mellow, humorous, and ironic moods. They give the full range and flavor of the man born William Sy...

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat. A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are lookin...

From America's favorite storyteller: A rich selection of twenty-five tales by the author of "The Gift of the Magi."Writing under the pseudonym O. Henry, William Sydney Porter was an incredibly prolific and popular master of the short story in the early twentieth century. His stories are known for being witty, playful, full of plot twists, and marked by surprise endings. The author had a special fondness for New York City and a deep interest and appreciation for the...

O. HENRY - SELECTED STORIESTable of contentsA Blackjack BargainerAccording to Their LightsA Chaparral Christmas GiftA Cosmopolite in a CafeA Double-Dyed DeceiverAfter Twenty YearsA Lickpenny LoverA Lickpenny LoverA Midsummer Knight's DreamThe Last LeafA Blackjack BargainerThe most disreputable thing in Yancey Goree's law office was Goree himself, sprawled in his creakv old arm- chair. The rickety l...

This collection of O. Henry’s finest stories is a showcase for the uniqueness and sheer variety of one of America’s best and widely popular short story writers. His stories expressed the effect of coincidence on character through humour, grim or ironic and often had surprise endings, a device that later became identified with his name. A wonderful book for the readers of American Classic Literature.

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat. A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love. O. Henry's famous short stories - sensitive, funny, sympat...

Few people are familiar with the name William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), but, just as many remember Mark Twain and not Samuel L. Clemens, Porter is well known by the pen name O. Henry. And O. Henry became known as a master of surprise, with witty short stories that trade on wordplay and surprise twist endings that have become standard fare in the century following his death. O. Henry was living the routine life of a young pharmacist who dazzled people with his artistic drawing ability, cre...

Few people are familiar with the name William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), but, just as many remember Mark Twain and not Samuel L. Clemens, Porter is well known by the pen name O. Henry. And O. Henry became known as a master of surprise, with witty short stories that trade on wordplay and surprise twist endings that have become standard fare in the century following his death. O. Henry was living the routine life of a young pharmacist who dazzled people with his artistic drawing ability, creati...

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Gift of the Magi and Other New York Stories" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of Contents: The Voice Of The City The Making Of A New Yorker A Retrieved Reformation The Cop And The Anthem The Duplicity Of Hargraves The Gift Of The Magi The Last Leaf The Ransom Of Red Chief The Skylight Room The Trimmed Lamp The Whirligig Of Life A Harlem Tragedy Biography of O. Henry The Gift of the Magi is a story about...