The Complete Works of O. Henry
Turn-of-the-Century Short Stories of New York, Texas, Con Men, Lovers, and Surprise EndingsBy O. Henry
Length116h 8m
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The Complete Works of O. Henry gathers the short fiction of one of American literature's most accomplished practitioners of compression, surprise, and humane irony. Set largely in turn-of-the-century New York and other rapidly changing American communities, these stories portray clerks, artists, con artists, lovers, policemen, and social outsiders whose modest lives disclose larger questions of poverty, loyalty, chance, and moral choice. O. Henry's accessible prose combines colloquial dialogue, brisk pacing, comic exaggeration, and richly inventive metaphor, while his celebrated reversals and "twist" endings continually revise the reader's judgment. Though often associated with popular magazine fiction, his work belongs within the broader literary context of American realism, urban modernity, and the development of the modern short story. O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862–1910), a North Carolina–born writer whose experiences as a bank clerk, journalist, fugitive, and imprisoned embezzlement convict profoundly shaped his imaginative world. His years in Austin and New York exposed him to contrasting social milieus and supplied the speech, comic types, and street-level observation that animate his fiction. Writing prolifically for newspapers and magazines, he transformed personal hardship and professional necessity into an art of sympathy, entertainment, and carefully engineered narrative surprise. This volume is recommended to readers seeking both an engaging introduction to American short fiction and a sustained study of narrative economy. It rewards casual reading with wit and emotional immediacy, while inviting scholarly attention to class, gender, urban life, sentiment, and the ethics of deception. Read collectively, these works reveal not merely a master of endings, but a distinctive chronicler of ordinary people whose dignity persists amid uncertainty.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length116 hrs 8 mins
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Publish dateMay 14, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1780) (Annotated)
26Options (pt. 1)
2Short Story Collections
27Options (pt. 2)
3Cabbages and Kings (pt. 1)
28Options (pt. 3)
4Cabbages and Kings (pt. 2)
29The Two Women
5Cabbages and Kings (pt. 3)
30Strictly Business (pt. 1)
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6The Four Million (pt. 1)
31Strictly Business (pt. 2)
7The Four Million (pt. 2)
32Strictly Business (pt. 3)
8The Four Million (pt. 3)
33Strictly Business (pt. 4)
9The Trimmed Lamp (pt. 1)
34Whirligigs (pt. 1)
10The Trimmed Lamp (pt. 2)
35Whirligigs (pt. 2)
11The Trimmed Lamp (pt. 3)
36Whirligigs (pt. 3)
12Heart of the West (pt. 1)
37Whirligigs (pt. 4)
13Heart of the West (pt. 2)
38Sixes and Sevens (pt. 1)
14Heart of the West (pt. 3)
39Sixes and Sevens (pt. 2)
15Heart of the West (pt. 4)
40Sixes and Sevens (pt. 3)
16The Gentle Grafter (pt. 1)
41Rolling Stones (pt. 1)
17The Gentle Grafter (pt. 2)
42Rolling Stones (pt. 2)
18The Voice Of The City (pt. 1)
43Rolling Stones (pt. 3)
19The Voice Of The City (pt. 2)
44Waifs and Strays (pt. 1)
20The Voice Of The City (pt. 3)
45Waifs and Strays (pt. 2)
21Roads Of Destiny (pt. 1)
46O. Henryana
22Roads Of Destiny (pt. 2)
47Postscripts (pt. 1)
23Roads Of Destiny (pt. 3)
48Postscripts (pt. 2)
24Roads Of Destiny (pt. 4)
49Other Stories (pt. 1)
25Roads Of Destiny (pt. 5)
50Other Stories (pt. 2)
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The Gift of the Magi and Other New York City Stories (Annotated)O. Henry12h 13m4.1 (11.8K)$2 · $0.00
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Of Love, Life & Happiness: A Thanksgiving CollectionO. Henry, George Eliot, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Eleanor H. Porter, Susan Coolidge, Andrew Lang, Eugene Field, Alfred Gatty, Edward Everett Hale, Alfred Henry Lewis, Mary Jane Holmes, Sarah Orne Jewett, Ida Hamilton Munsell19h 26m$0.99 · $0.00
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