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O. Henry, pseudonym of William Sydney Porter, original name William Sidney Porter, American short-story writer whose tales romanticized the commonplace—in particular the life of ordinary people in New York City. His stories expressed the effect of coincidence on character through humour, grim or ironic, and often had surprise endings, a device that became identified with his name and cost him critical favour when its vogue had passed.
A narrator who believes that children are pestilential little animals tells a Christmas story about the daughter of the Millionaire and her
A young man searches for his lost love around the filthy bedsits of New York.
The story of the violinist Ramonti and a woman with two jealous suitors.
A bedraggled writer corners the editor of a respected publication and demands to know why his story has been rejected.
First-person account of a successful lawyer's sudden loss of memory and the resulting adventure.
* Story contains bad language
General Falcon - revolutionary - arrives in New York from Columbia unprepared for both the golden-haired ladies and the silver-tongued con-a
A Venturer - one who does not ask a schedule and map from Fate when he begins a journey. Two venturers challenge eachother.
Danny McCree wakes up one morning to find it's Easter Day and his father's on about hippopotamuses.
* Story contains bad language
A tough gang member wanted for murder meets a lady in a bar.
The story of Miss Merriam, the lovely, capable cashier at Hinkle's.
Two kidnappers fail to heed the old adage - never work with children.
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