Ten Favorite Short Stories

by O. Henry

Overview

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 ten 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 Sydney Porter but known throughout the world as O. Henry, one of the great masters of the short story. The Best Short Stories of O. Henry: The Gift of the Magi The Romance of a Busy Broker Transients in Arcadia A Cosmopolite in a Cafe The Ransom of Red Chief A Lickpenny Lover A Blackjack Bargainer The Voice of the City The Pimienta Pancakes The Last Leaf

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515311492
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/05/2015
Pages:	70
Sales rank:	694,452
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.15(d)

About the Author

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) was a prolific American short story writer. Initially trained as a pharmacist, Porter began his writing career as a journalist and worked on his stories on the side. After being accused of embezzling money from a bank he worked for, he fled to Honduras. He returned to the US upon the death of his wife and was sentenced to five years in prison. It was during this time that he began to have his first stories published. He later moved to New York and began writing stories in earnest. Some of his most famous stories include "Gift of the Magi" and "The Caballero's Way" which introduced the character, the Cisco Kid.