Selected Stories of O Henry Author:O. Henry O. Henry mastered the art of the humorous, energetic tale that ends with a sudden, ironic twist. In “After Twenty Years,” for example, two boys agree to meet at a particular spot exactly twenty years later. Both are faithful, but in the intervening years one boy has turned into a criminal, the other into a policeman. Behind th... more »e rendezvous lurks a powerful dramatic situation with a fascinating moral dilemma—all dealt with in a few brief pages. This is just one of the many literary gems in Selected Stories of O. Henry, a collection of 45 of O. Henry’s most renowned and entertaining short stories. Each one offers insights into human nature and the ways it is affected by love, hate, wealth, poverty, gentility, disguise, and crime—themes that ran through the author’s own life.
Contents:
Plutonian fire --
Princess and the puma --
By courier --
Gift of the magi --
Love-philtre of Ikey Schoenstein --
Mammon and the archer --
Memento --
Springtime a la carte --
Last leaf --
Skylight room --
Caliph, cupid and the clock Count and the wedding guest --