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O. Henry was a US writer of ironic and sentimental stories, famous for his surprise endings. Read about his best stories, such as 'The Gift of the Magi', 'The Last Leaf', and 'The Ransom of Red Chief'.
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O. Henry (1862 - 1910) was an American short story author named William Sydney Porter, raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Henry's rich canon of work reflected his wide-range of experiences and is distinctive for its witticism, clever wordplay, and unexpected twist endings.
Like many other writers, O. Henry's early career aspirations were unfocused and he wandered across different activities and professions before he finally found his calling as a short story writer. He started working in his uncle's drugstore in 1879 and became a licensed pharmacist by the age of 19. His first creative expressions came while working ...
O. Henry moved to Texas in March of 1882 hoping to get rid of a persistent cough that he had developed. While there, he took up residence on a sheep ranch, learned shepherding, cooking, babysitting, and bits of Spanish and German from the many migrant farmhands. He had an active social life in Austin and was a fine musician, skilled with the guitar...
O. Henry was always a lover of classic literature, and while pursuing his many ventures, O. Henry had begun writing as a hobby. When he lost his banking position he moved to Houston in 1895 and started writing for the The Post, earning $25 per month (an average salary at this time in American history was probably about $300 a year). O. Henry collec...
O. Henry's prolific writing period began in 1902 in New York City, where he wrote 381 short stories. He wrote one story a week for The New York World Sunday Magazine for over a year. Some of his best and least known work is contained in Cabbages and Kings, whose title was inspired by Lewis Carroll's poem, The Walrus and the Carpenter. The stories w...
In 1952, Marilyn Monroe and Charles Laughton starred in O. Henry's Full House, a film featuring five of O. Henry's short stories. The film included The Cop and the Anthem, The Clarion Call, The Last Leaf, The Ransom of Red Chief (starring Fred Allen and Oscar Levant), and The Gift of the Magi.
Learn about O. Henry, the pen name of William Sydney Porter, who wrote witty and twisty stories based on his own experiences. Explore his biography, collections, and famous stories like The Gift of the Magi and The Ransom of Red Chief.
The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories. This collection of short stories by O. Henry gives the reader a wonderful selection of characters from the United States of 100 years ago.
Short stories like O’Henry’s capitalized on the vast American geography and social stratums. A New York banker could read of a fictional Texan thief and vice versa. Literary devices such as imagery, colloquialisms, and didacticism made O’Henry’s storylines vivid portraits of modernist Americana.
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Jun 17, 2020 · 100 selected stories. O Henry's finest stories is a showcase for the sheer varienty of one of America's best-loved short story writers. They are marked by coincidence and surprise endings as well as compassion and high humour. "Selected stories."
May 30, 2019 · The last photograph of O. Henry (Frontispiece) The editor's own statement of his aims (Advertisement for The Rolling Stone) Record of births and deaths from the Porter Family Bible: O. Henry at the age of two: The "Hill City Quartet," to which O. Henry belonged as a young man in Austin: O. Henry in Austin, Texas, 1896
100 Selected Stories. O. Henry. Wordsworth Editions, 1995 - Fiction - 735 pages. With a new Introduction by Professor Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D. This selection of a hundred of O. Henry's...
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