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Book The Gift of the Magi

Download or read book The Gift of the Magi written by O. Henry and published by Amila Jay. This book was released on 2021-12-22 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time.

Book The best of O  Henry

Download or read book The best of O Henry written by O. Henry and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 1139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories

Download or read book The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories written by O. Henry and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1992-02-05 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents sixteen short fiction stories by nineteenth-century American author O. Henry, including the title work about the Christmas sacrifices of a young married couple.

Book O  Henry s Short Stories

Download or read book O Henry s Short Stories written by O. Henry and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Leaf, the Gift of the Magi, the Green Door, Roads of Destiny, the Ransom of Red Chief, Sound and Fury, the Handbook of Hymen, the Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss, the Defeat of the City, After Twenty Years, a Retrieved Reformation, Friends in San Rosario, One Dollar's Worth, a Ramble in Aphasia, the Poet and the Peasant, the Robe of Peace-each story complete and unabridged.

Book 41 Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : O. Henry
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2007-07-03
  • ISBN : 9780451530530
  • Pages : 432 pages

Download or read book 41 Stories written by O. Henry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including his most famous works, such as “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Furnished Room,” this collection of forty-one O. Henry short stories demonstrates his extraordinary technical genius. “There are stories in everything. I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands.”—O. Henry Readers the world over recognize O. Henry as the best short story writer of the early twentieth century—even today a masterful surprise at the end of a story is described as “an O. Henry twist,” and a prominent short fiction award bears his name. Widely known as a master of irony, O. Henry also displayed in his stories dazzling wordplay and a wry combination of pathos and humor. Cunningly arranged according to geographic location, these tales display the wide range of O. Henry’s world, from the streets of his beloved New York City to the heat of Honduras and other exotic locales. With his wonderful plot turns, unexpected climaxes, and deep insights into human nature, O. Henry’s works will live on as prime examples of the well-told tale. Includes an Introduction by Burton Raffel and an Afterword by Laura Furman

Book The O  Henry Prize Stories 100th Anniversary Edition  2019

Download or read book The O Henry Prize Stories 100th Anniversary Edition 2019 written by Laura Furman and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now celebrating its centenary, this prestigious annual anthology gathers the twenty best new short stories published in the previous year. An Anchor Books Original. The O. Henry Prize Stories 2019--continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence--contains twenty prize-winning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. The winning writers are an impressive mix of celebrated names and new, emerging voices. Their stories evoke lives both near and distant, in settings ranging from Jamaica, Houston, and Hawaii to a Turkish coal mine and a drought-ridden Northwestern farm, and feature an engaging array of characters, including Laotian refugees, a Colombian kidnap victim, an eccentric Irish schoolteacher, a woman haunted by a house that cleans itself, and a strangely long-lived rabbit. The uniformly breathtaking stories are accompanied by essays from the eminent jurors on their favorites, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines. List of 2019 winners: Tessa Hadley John Keeble Moira McCavana Rachel Kondo Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Stephanie Reents Alexia Arthurs Valerie O’Riordan Patricia Engel Kenan Orhan Sarah Hall Bryan Washington Isabella Hammad Weike Wang Caoilinn Hughes Souvankham Thammavongsa Liza Ward Doua Thao Alexander MacLeod John Edgar Wideman Prize Jurors 2019: Lynn Freed, Elizabeth Strout, Lara Vapynar

Book Stories by O  Henry

    Book Details:
  • Author : O. Henry
  • Publisher : Tor Classics
  • Release : 1989-08-15
  • ISBN : 1466806729
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Stories by O Henry written by O. Henry and published by Tor Classics. This book was released on 1989-08-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of laughter and tears, love and loss... Tales of old and young, rich and poor, the best and the worst... Tales of lies and truth, selfishness and sacrifice, loyalty and betrayal... O'Henry's stories are set in mansions and slums, teeming cities and desolate frontiers. Stories of grand adventure, thrilling romance, gripping suspense, hilarious comedy. Stories about turns of fate, twists of destiny, accidents of chance...and always. always, endless surprises! The tales of O'Henry--stories as surprising..as life itself. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book Collected Stories of O  Henry

Download or read book Collected Stories of O Henry written by Henry O and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 1993 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated collection of more than 200 stories arranged in chronological order of publication.

Book The Complete Works of O  Henry

Download or read book The Complete Works of O Henry written by O. Henry and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Best Short Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : O'Henry
  • Publisher : Buccaneer Books
  • Release : 1983
  • ISBN : 9780899664460
  • Pages : 191 pages

Download or read book Best Short Stories written by O'Henry and published by Buccaneer Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Sydney Porter (1862 1910), better known as O. Henry, led a life similar to those of his own fictional characters. Convicted of embezzlement, he drew inspiration from his prison experiences. This volume includes "The Ransom of Red Chief," "The Last Leaf," the classic, "The Gift of the Magi" and 13 more.

Book The O  Henry Prize Stories 2018

Download or read book The O Henry Prize Stories 2018 written by Laura Furman and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018 contains twenty prize-winning stories chosen from thousands published in literary magazines over the previous year. The winning stories come from a mix of established writers and emerging voices, and are uniformly breathtaking. They are accompanied by essays from the eminent jurors on their favorites, observations from the winning writers on what inspired their stories, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. "The Tomb of Wrestling," Jo Ann Beard, Tin House "Counterblast," Marjorie Celona, The Southern Review "Nayla," Youmna Chlala, Prairie Schooner "Lucky Dragon," Viet Dinh, Ploughshares "Stop ’n’ Go," Michael Parker, New England Review "Past Perfect Continuous," Dounia Choukri, Chicago Quarterly Review "Inversion of Marcia," Thomas Bolt, n+1 "Nights in Logar," Jamil Jan Kochai, A Public Space "How We Eat," Mark Jude Poirier, Epoch "Deaf and Blind," Lara Vapnyar, The New Yorker "Why Were They Throwing Bricks?," Jenny Zhang, n+1 "An Amount of Discretion," Lauren Alwan, The Southern Review "Queen Elizabeth," Brad Felver, One Story "The Stamp Collector," Dave King, Fence "More or Less Like a Man," Michael Powers, The Threepenny Review "The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies," Jo Lloyd, Zoetrope "Up Here," Tristan Hughes, Ploughshares "The Houses That Are Left Behind," Brenda Walker, The Kenyon Review "We Keep Them Anyway," Stephanie A. Vega, The Threepenny Review "Solstice," Anne Enright, The New Yorker Prize Jury for 2018: Fiona McFarlane, Ottessa Moshfegh, Elizabeth Tallent

Book The Best Short Stories 2021

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Publisher : National Geographic Books
  • Release : 2021-09-14
  • ISBN : 0593311256
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Best Short Stories 2021 written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty prizewinning stories selected from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year—continuing the O. Henry Prize's century-long tradition of literary excellence. "Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction." —The Atlantic Monthly. Now entering its second century, the prestigious annual story anthology has a new title, a new look, and a new guest editor. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and young emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Adichie, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. Featured in this collection: Daphne Palasi Andreades • David Means • Sindya Bhanoo • Crystal Wilkinson • Alice Jolly • David Rabe • Karina Sainz Borgo (translator, Elizabeth Bryer) • Jamel Brinkley • Tessa Hadley • Adachioma Ezeano • Anthony Doerr • Tiphanie Yanique • Joan Silber • Jowhor Ile • Emma Cline • Asali Solomon • Ben Hinshaw • Caroline Albertine Minor (translator, Caroline Waight) • Jianan Qian • Sally Rooney

Book O  Henry  Best Short Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : O. Henry
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-10-28
  • ISBN : 9781979235754
  • Pages : 238 pages

Download or read book O Henry Best Short Stories written by O. Henry and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and clever twist endings. O. Henry's stories frequently have surprise endings. In his day, he was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. While both authors wrote plot twist endings, O. Henry stories were considerably more playful. His stories are also known for witty narration. Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses, etc. In this book: The Gift of the Magi The Four Million The Voice of the City, Further Stories of the Four Million Sixes and Sevens

Book OBWL2  New Yorkers Short Stories

Download or read book OBWL2 New Yorkers Short Stories written by O. Henry and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000-01-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of this century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love.O. Henry's famous short stories - sensitive, funny, sympathetic - give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers.

Book Tales of O  Henry

    Book Details:
  • Author : O. Henry
  • Publisher : Timeless Classics (Hardcover)
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9780756903145
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Tales of O Henry written by O. Henry and published by Timeless Classics (Hardcover). This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of seven stories represents some of O. Henry's best writing.

Book O  Henry

    Book Details:
  • Author : Harold Bloom
  • Publisher : Infobase Publishing
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 1438116284
  • Pages : 65 pages

Download or read book O Henry written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a brief biography of O. Henry, thematic and structural analysis of his works, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

Book O Henry   No Story   Other Short Stories

Download or read book O Henry No Story Other Short Stories written by O Henry and published by Miniature Masterpieces. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Sidney Porter was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on September 11, 1862 He was a voracious reader as a child reading anything and everything from classics to cheap dime store novels. As a young man his writing and drawings had caught the attention of the editor at the Houston Post moving there with his family in 1895. Porter gathered ideas for his column by loitering in hotel lobbies and observing and talking to people there. He was considered unfortunate to have been jailed for embezzlement of funds from a bank he had worked at some time before. However whilst in prison he had fourteen stories published under various pseudonyms, but was becoming best known as "O. Henry." Porter was released in July 1901, for good behavior after serving three years. Porter's most prolific writing period began in 1902, in New York City. While there, he wrote 381 short stories. His wit, characterization, and plot twists were loved by his readers but panned by critics. He died on June 5, 1910, of cirrhosis of the liver, complications of diabetes, and an enlarged heart. After funeral services in New York City, he was buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina.