O Henry: 344 books

The Gift of the Magi" is a short story written by O. Henry (a pen name for William Sydney Porter), allegedly at Pete's Tavern on Irving Place in New York City.James Dillingham Young and his wife Della are a young couple who are very much in love with each other, but can barely afford their one-room...

Tales of spooks and spirits that have taught generations of readers what it means to be afraid of the dark—by authors from H. G. Wells to Willa Cather.   Before movies, television, and teams of high-tech “ghost hunters” running around darkened houses, there was only one sure-fire way to scare...

THE BEST SHORT STORY -  1 AUTHORS O. Henry Ambrose Bierce Edgar Allan Poe Jack London Guy de Maupassant H.H. Munro Kate Chopin Mark Twain Anton Chekhov W. W. Jacobs EDITOR Ahmet Ünal ÇAM

William Sydney Porter began publishing short stories under the pseudonym O. Henry to support his daughter while he was in prison on embezzlement charges. After his release in 1902, he became a short story writer for New York World, writing 113 in three years. His immensely popular works usually explore...

CONTENTS: HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH 1. First New England Christmas JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 2. A Defective Santa Claus JOHN BOWRING 3. Watchman, Tell Us of the Night JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 4. A Christmas Carmen JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 5. The Mystic's Christmas L. FRANK BAUM 6. Little Bun Rabbit LEO TOLSTOY...

The third in the Modern Library's series of original compilations, The Raven and the Monkey's Paw is a collection of classic tales and poems to engage our fear-seeking senses. The beauty of these stories and poems lies in their readability: ideal for sharing aloud around the campfire or for a quick,...

O. Henry, pseudonym of William Sydney Porter, original name William Sidney Porter American short-story writer whose tales romanticized the commonplace—in particular the life of ordinary people in New York City. A Chaparral Christmas Gift is a story about Rosita McMullen who married Madison Lane,...

This Western Classic Collection is the ultimate book bundle for readers of classic Western. Each masterful novel in this collection has inspired numerous adaptations, re-imaginings, and even whole genres of fiction. This collection contains: • A Voice in the Wilderness by Grace Livingston Hill •Bar-20...

A story of sacrificial love, The Gift of the Magi is a classic for the Christmas season and beyond.  A husband and wife cannot afford to give each other presents unless they give up their own greatest treasures.  With touching twists, O. Henry unfolds a story of profound implications.

As the result of a run-in with the law, struggling American writer William Sydney Porter chose to make a dash for the border in 1896. During the several months he spent in Honduras, Porter had enough time on his hands to begin exploring his talent for writing, which up until then had been merely a...

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat. A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its...

   Table of contents A Cosmopolite in a Cafe At Sea Aunt Kipp Little Bun Rabbit    The Ambitious Guest   The Story Of The Bad Little Boy Vanka   The Body Snatcher   The Mark On The Wall   The Affair at Coulter's Notch   A Cosmopolite in a Cafe by O. Henry     At midnight the cafe was crowded....

The Best Short Stories - 3 AUTHORS Edgar Allan Poe, Kate Chopin, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Oscar Wilde, O. Henry, H. P. Lovecraft, Willa Cather , Leo Tolstoy , Sherwood Anderson , Vsevolod Garshin , Edited by Ahmet Ünal ÇAM  

Table of contents A Double-Dyed Deceiver Legend of Mont St. Michel Little Miss Muffet Louisa May Alcott: A Child's Biography   The Antique Ring   The Five Boons of Life The Masque of the Red Death   The Author Anton Chekhov A Daughter Of Albion   A Burglar's Christmas   A Baffled Ambuscade   A...