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   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  write-review | Nov 4, 2021 |   This volume provides those who want to see what O. Henry is about, why writers and readers cite him so often, the perfect introduction. As the editors tell readers in their introduction, this collection represents the thirty-eight best of O. Henry. Those with even a passing acquaintance with O. Henry will probably recognize many of the titles, such as “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Ransom of Red Chief,” and “Man About Town.” All the stories are short and can easily be read in spare moments between things. It’s a perfect addition to your collections of short stories. Following is a full listing of the stories contained in this compact volume. The Gift of the Magi A Cosmopolite in a Cafe Man About Town The Copy and the Anthem The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein Mammon and the Archer Springtime À La Carte From the Cabby’s Seat An Unfinished Story The Romance of a Busy Broker The Furnished Room Roads of Destiny The Enchanted Profile The Passing of Black Eagle A Retrieved Reformation The Renaissance at Charleroi Shoes Ships The Hiding of Black Bill The Duplicity of Hargraves The Ransom of Red Chief The Marry Month of May The Whirligig of Life A Blackjack Bargainer A Lickpenny Lover The Defeat of the City Squaring the Circle Transients in Arcadia The Trimmed Lamp The Pendulum Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen The Making of a New Yorker The Lost Blend A Harlem Tragedy A Midsummer Knight’s Dream The Last Leaf The Count and the Wedding Guest A Municipal Report (  ) write-review | Nov 4, 2021 | no reviews | add a review
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This volume provides those who want to see what O. Henry is about, why writers and readers cite him so often, the perfect introduction. As the editors tell readers in their introduction, this collection represents the thirty-eight best of O. Henry. Those with even a passing acquaintance with O. Henry will probably recognize many of the titles, such as “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Ransom of Red Chief,” and “Man About Town.” All the stories are short and can easily be read in spare moments between things. It’s a perfect addition to your collections of short stories. Following is a full listing of the stories contained in this compact volume.
The Gift of the Magi
A Cosmopolite in a Cafe
Man About Town
The Copy and the Anthem
The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein
Mammon and the Archer
Springtime À La Carte
From the Cabby’s Seat
An Unfinished Story
The Romance of a Busy Broker
The Furnished Room
Roads of Destiny
The Enchanted Profile
The Passing of Black Eagle
A Retrieved Reformation
The Renaissance at Charleroi
Shoes
Ships
The Hiding of Black Bill
The Duplicity of Hargraves
The Ransom of Red Chief
The Marry Month of May
The Whirligig of Life
A Blackjack Bargainer
A Lickpenny Lover
The Defeat of the City
Squaring the Circle
Transients in Arcadia
The Trimmed Lamp
The Pendulum
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
The Making of a New Yorker
The Lost Blend
A Harlem Tragedy
A Midsummer Knight’s Dream
The Last Leaf
The Count and the Wedding Guest
A Municipal Report (