O. Henry : 101 stories /
"O. Henry, born William Sidney Porter, is well-known today primarily for his short story 'The Gift of the Magi.' But that legacy does short shrift to one of America's most beloved writers, the author of more than 400 short stories whose full range and powers deserve to be ranked...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
The Library of America,
[2021]
New York, N.Y. : [2021] |
| Series: | Library of America ;
345 Library of America ; 345 Library of America 345 |
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| Summary: | "O. Henry, born William Sidney Porter, is well-known today primarily for his short story 'The Gift of the Magi.' But that legacy does short shrift to one of America's most beloved writers, the author of more than 400 short stories whose full range and powers deserve to be ranked alongside Ring Lardner and James Thurber as one of our most accomplished humorists. As Carl Van Doren wrote in 1917, 'no writer in the language seems clever immediately after one has been reading O. Henry.' Here are more than 100 of O. Henry's best short stories-selected and expertly annotated by best-selling author Ben Yagoda-including not only such favorites as 'The Ransom of Red Chief' and 'The Last of the Troubadours' but also 'The Caballero's Way,' which created the character of The Cisco Kid, a murderous desperado in O. Henry's telling, and 'The Cop and the Anthem.' This volume represents stories from all of O. Henry's collections, including the Honduras stories published in Cabbages and Kings while Porter was hiding there to escape an embezzlement indictment, as well as the most generous selection ever published of O. Henry's New York (which he called Baghdad-on-the-Subway) and Texas stories. Also gathered here are previously uncollected stories, and five are published here for the first time. This is the largest selection and the only annotated edition available of O. Henry's stories: the only O. Henry volume you'll need."-- "O. Henry, born William Sidney Porter, is well-known today primarily for his short story "The Gift of the Magi." But that legacy does short shrift to one of America's most beloved writers, the author of more than 400 short stories whose full range and powers deserve to be ranked alongside Ring Lardner and James Thurber as one of our most accomplished humorists. As Carl Van Doren wrote in 1917, "no writer in the language seems clever immediately after one has been reading O. Henry." Here are more than 100 of O. Henry's best short stories-selected and expertly annotated by best-selling author Ben Yagoda-including not only such favorites as "The Ransom of Red Chief" and "The Last of the Troubadours" but also "The Caballero's Way," which created the character of The Cisco Kid, a murderous desperado in O. Henry's telling, and "The Cop and the Anthem." This volume represents stories from all of O. Henry's collections, including the Honduras stories published in Cabbages and Kings while Porter was hiding there to escape an embezzlement indictment, as well as the most generous selection ever published of O. Henry's New York (which he called Baghdad-on-the-Subway) and Texas stories. Also gathered here are previously uncollected stories, and five are published here for the first time. This is the largest selection and the only annotated edition available of O. Henry's stories: the only O. Henry volume you'll need"-- "Texas troubadour, convicted embezzler, and adopted New Yorker William Sidney Porter--better known as O. Henry--was one of the world's great storytellers. A master of cunning plots and a gifted humorist, he is best known today for his beloved tale "The Gift of the Magi." But O. Henry's palette of moods and methods was as expansive as his exuberant imagination. This Library of America volume offers a fresh look at the full range of his literary genius. Here are 101 stories, including such favorites as "The Ransom of Red Chief," "The Last of the Troubadours," and "The Cop and the Anthem," alongside lesser-known and previously uncollected stories, including three early tales published here for the first time. With full annotation and a newly researched chronology of Porter's life and career, this is a definitive edition for modern readers of a major American writer."--Publisher's description |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xii, 828 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 1598536907 9781598536904 |