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Selected stories / O. Henry ; edited and with an introduction by Guy Davenport.
Presents a collection of short stories, including selections from "The Four Million," "Roads of Destiny," and "Strictly Business."
Record details
- ISBN: 0140186883
- ISBN: 9780140186888
- Physical Description: xx, 521 p. ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, c1993.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | The coming out of Maggie -- A service of love -- Between rounds -- An unfinished story -- After twenty years -- By courier -- The pendulum -- The buyer from Cactus City -- Brickdust Row -- The foreign policy of Company 99 -- The count and the wedding guest -- The country of elusion -- The ransom of Mack -- The higher abdication -- A call loan -- The princess and the puma -- The Indian summer of Dry Valley Johnson -- The reformation of calliope. The complete life of John Hopkins -- Dougherty's eye opener -- While the auto waits -- The defeat of the city -- The Plutonian fire -- Squaring the circle -- The fool killer -- Transients in Arcadia -- Extradited from Bohemia -- From each according to his ability -- The memento -- Jeff Peters as a personal magnet -- Modern rural sports -- The man higher up -- Hostages to Momus -- The guardian of the accolade -- Phoebe -- A double dyed deceiver -- A retrieved reformation -- Friends in San Rosario -- The emancipation of Billy -- A departmental case -- The renaissance at Charleroi -- Two renegades. "The Rose of Dixie" -- Schools and schools -- Thimble, thimble -- The moment of victory -- No story -- The gold that glittered -- The day resurgent -- The thing's the play -- A municipal report -- Proof of the pudding -- The venturers -- The theory and the hound -- The ransom of Red Chief -- The whirligig of life -- The roads we take -- A blackjack bargainer -- One dollar's worth -- Madame Bo Peep, of the ranches -- Witches' loaves -- The duplicity of Hargraves -- October and June -- The church with an overshot wheel -- The atavism of John Tom Little Bear -- The marquis and Miss Sally -- Out of Nazareth -- Hearts and hands. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | PS 2649 .P5 A6 1993 | 30775305499379 | General Collection | Available | - |
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Summary
Selected Stories
Eighty short stories by a master of the genre O. Henry's comic eye and unique, ironic approach to life's realities are unmatched. These stories-about con men and tricksters and "innocent" deceivers, about fate, luck, and coincidence-have delighted generations of readers. Set in New York and the West, in Central America and the South, they demonstrate O. Henry's mastery of speech and place, and highlight his appreciation of life's quirks. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.
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