| Description |
xii, 828 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Library of America ; 345
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Library of America ; 345.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Bexar scrip no. 2692 -- Three paragraphs -- A personal insult -- When the train comes in: outline sketches at the Grand Central Depot -- Why he hesitated -- Something for baby -- Too wise -- Return of the songster -- Book reviews -- Guessed everything else -- In mezzotint -- Barber talks -- Ghost that came to Old Angles -- Pursuing ideals -- Miracle of Lava Canyon -- Whistling Dick's Christmas stocking -- A retrieved reformation -- Confessions of a humorist -- A ramble in aphasia -- Blind man's holiday -- Ransom of Red Chief -- A municipal report -- A fog in Santone: a meteorological sketch -- Friends in San Rosario -- Round the circle -- Hearts and hands -- Lonesome road -- Pimienta pancakes -- Holding up a train -- Ransom of Mack -- Christmas by injunction -- Handbook of Hymen -- Caballero's way -- Moment of victory -- Buried treasure -- Last of the troubadours -- Hiding of Black Bill -- A technical error -- Friendly call -- Shoes -- Ships -- A ruler of men -- "Next to reading matter" -- Atavism of John Tom Little Bear -- Conscience in art -- Man higher up -- Social triangle -- A little local colour -- A newspaper story -- After twenty years -- Lost on dress parade -- Complete life of John Hopkins -- Rubber plant's story -- A dinner at ____*: the adventures of an author with his own hero -- A comedy in rubber -- Pride of the cities -- Foreign policy of Company 99 -- Furnished room -- Love-philtre of Ikey Schoenstein -- Rathskeller and the rose -- A sacrifice hit -- Coming-out of Maggie -- Cop and the anthem -- Green door -- Badge of Policeman O'Roon -- Making of a New Yorker -- Psyche and the pskyscraper -- Man about town -- Springtime a la carte -- Extradited from Bohemia -- Tommy's burglar -- Girl and the graft -- Sisters of the golden circle -- An adjustment of nature -- A midsummer knight's dream -- An unfinished story -- City of dreadful night -- Skylight room -- Poet and the peasant -- Plutonian fire -- Last leaf -- Elsie in New York -- Purple dress -- Gift of the Magi -- Duel -- Rubaiyat of a Scotch highball -- Buyer from Cactus City -- Harbinger -- Brickdust row -- "Girl" -- Trimmed lamp -- Proof of the pudding -- Memento -- A night in New Arabia -- Strictly business -- Third ingredient -- Higher pragmatism -- No story -- Let me feel your pulse -- Snow man -- Dream. |
| Summary |
"Texas troubadour, convicted embezzler, and adopted New Yorker William Sidney Porter--better known as O. Henry--was one of the world's great storytellers. A master of cunning plots and a gifted humorist, he is best known today for his beloved tale "The Gift of the Magi." But O. Henry's palette of moods and methods was as expansive as his exuberant imagination. This Library of America volume offers a fresh look at the full range of his literary genius. Here are 101 stories, including such favorites as "The Ransom of Red Chief," "The Last of the Troubadours," and "The Cop and the Anthem," alongside lesser-known and previously uncollected stories, including three early tales published here for the first time. With full annotation and a newly researched chronology of Porter's life and career, this is a definitive edition for modern readers of a major American writer."--Publisher's description. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Paul and Mary Haas. |
| Subject |
City and town life -- Fiction.
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City and town life. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories, American. |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Henry, O., 1862-1910.
Short stories. Selections.
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Yagoda, Ben, editor.
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| Added Title |
101 stories |
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One hundred one stories |
| ISBN |
9781598536904 (hardback) |
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1598536907 (hardback) |
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