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• Jan-1904
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"Heart of the West" from O. Henry. O. Henry was the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter whose clever use of twist endings in his stories popularized the term O. Henry Ending (1862-1910)....

• Jan-1905
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Author of more than 600 short stories, O Henry has been called America's answer to Maupassant. Like Maupassant, he is a master of surprise endings, but his stories are warmer and more optimistic. Humorous, dramatic, occasionally tragic, they catch th...

• Jan-1906
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Acknowledgment is made to The New York World, The Smart Set, and Mc Clurds Magazine for permission to republish these stories Copyright, 1906, by Mc Clure, Phillips Co, Published A pril, 1906 Copyright, 1905, by Press Publishing Company Copyright, 19...

• Jan-1906
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'The trimmed lamp' is a collection of classic o. henry tales about new york city, and contains the following stories: the trimmed lamp a madison square arabian night the rubaiyat of a scotch highball the pendulum two thanksgiving day gentlemen the as...

• Jan-1906
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William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, Nort...

• Jan-1908
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O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). Porter's 400 short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characterization and the clever use of twist endings. He travelled to Austin in 1884, where he took a number ...

• Jan-1908
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Strictly Business (alternate name Business People) is a 1962 Soviet black-and-white comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai, based on three short stories by O. Henry: "The Roads We Take," "Makes the Whole World Kin," and "The Ransom of Red Chief." The ...

• Jan-1908
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A big city has a hum to it, a buzz and occasionally a grunt. On a quest to find the "composite vocal message of massed humanity", this O. Henry short story guides us through streets, past cops and vendors in order to discover what New York has to say...

• Jan-1909
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O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). Porter's 400 short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characterization and the clever use of twist endings. He travelled to Austin in 1884, where he took a number ...

• Jan-1909
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

• Jan-1910
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A favourite dodge to get your story read by the public is to assert that it is true, and then add that Truth is stranger than Fiction. I do not know if the yarn I am anxious for you to read is true; but the Spanish purser of the fruit steamer El Carr...

• Jan-1911
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Features the following classic short stories: I. The Last of the Troubadours II. The Sleuths III. Witches' Loaves IV. The Pride of the Cities V. Holding Up a Train VI. Ulysses and the Dogman VII. The Champion of the Weather VIII. Mak...

• Jan-1917
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A trestle burned down on the International Railroad. The south-bound from San Antonio was cut off for the next forty-eight hours. On that train was Tonia Weaver's Easter hat. Espirition, the Mexican, who had been sent forty miles in a buckboard from ...

• Dec-2000
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