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The best short stories of O. Henry / selected and with an introduction by Bennett A. Cerf and Van H. Cartmell.

Summary:

Contains thirty-eight stories from the author's mellow, humorous, and ironic moods.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780679601227
  • ISBN: 0679601228
  • Physical Description: xii, 340 pages ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: Modern Library Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Modern Library, 1994.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Gift of the Magi -- A cosmopolite in a café -- Man about town -- Cop and the anthem -- Love-philtre of Ikey Schoenstein -- Mammon and the archer -- Springtime à la carte -- From the cabby's seat -- An unfinished story -- Romance of a busy broker -- Furnished room -- Roads of destiny -- Enchanted profile -- Passing of Black Eagle -- A retrieved reformation -- Renaissance at Charleroi -- Shoes -- Ships -- Hiding of Black Bill -- Duplicity of Hargraves -- Ransom of Red Chief -- Merry month of May -- Whirligig of life -- A blackjack bargainer -- A lickpenny lover -- Defeat of the city -- Squaring the circle -- Transients in Arcadia -- Trimmed lamp -- Pendulum -- Two Thanksgiving Day gentlemen -- Making of a New Yorker -- Lost blend -- A Harlem tragedy -- A midsummer knight's dream -- Last leaf -- Count and the wedding guest -- A municipal report.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also issued online.
Subject:
Short stories, American.
United States > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Genre:
Short stories.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 12 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library NC FIC HENRY (Text) 36015000290276 Adult Fiction Available -