The Untold Story Of Pastor O'Henry

Below, we select and introduce ten of o. Henrys very best short stories. Many of them are only five pages long in the average paperback reprint of his stories (we recommend in particular 100 selected stories (wordsworth classics), which is excellent value for money), so can be ready. No writer in the language seems clever immediately after one has been reading o. A champion of americas great writers and timeless works, library of america.

Henry (frontispiece) the editor's own statement of his aims (advertisement for the rolling stone) record of births and deaths from the porter family. Henry's best stories are the gift of the magi, the ransom of red chief, cabbages and kings, after twenty years, and whirligigs. cast your votes for. The bride and groom whose appointed marriage hour confliced with that of o. Henry's funeral at the little church around the corner thirteen years ago have been found, and so at last it is. Henry sold much of his work to new york newspapers, including the new york world. William sydney porter, better known as o. Henry, was born 159 years ago, on. One nearly forgotten legacy of his stories was their exposure of the. But who was o. Was that the authors real name? What did the o. And how was the life of o. Henry as surprising, and full of twists, as his work?

What did the o. And how was the life of o. Henry as surprising, and full of twists, as his work?