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O. Henry
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
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 thirty-eight 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...
Author
Publisher
Gramercy
Pub. Date
c1996.
Language
English
Description
A new selection of tales from one of America's favorite storytellers, designed to appeal to young readers. He's a minster of the surprise ending and champion of the underdog. Includes such favorites as "The Ransom of Red Chief", "Gifts of the Magi", "The Furnished Room", "The Guilty Party", and more.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
Pub. Date
p2006.
Language
English
Description
Two delightful tales by one of America's favorite storytellers. In "Elsie in New York," Elsie is an innocent young woman who, upon the death of her father, must look for work to make a living. Her father expected her to trust to the goodheartedness of his previous employer, but Elsie prefers to make her own way in life. Although she visits an employment agency and applies for several positions, do-gooders interfere. Thinking they are saving her soul,...
6) 41 stories
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet Classic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A classic anthology of short fiction by the acclaimed author gathers concise stories about New York City, confidence men, hoboes, the West, South America, and the American South, including such famed works as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Furnished Room."
Author
Publisher
CFI
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Christmas is nearly upon the Young household, but the amount of Christmas spirit there could have been rolled up and put inside an ornament on the tree. James and Della have grown further and further aparthe retreating to his shop and she to her garden. The children, Liza and Todd, mostly grunt at each other, saying, "Dont touch me," or "Huh? I dont care." And Grandpa? Ah, thats the big problem. Grandpa, who had been...
Series
Criterion collection volume 46
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Vivid telling of Richard Connell's famous oft-filmed story about a megalomaniac named Count Zaroff who hunts human beings on his remote island.