This carefully crafted ebook: “The Complete Works of O. Henry: Short Stories, Poems and Letters” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
William Sydney Porter (1862–1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings. Among his most famous stories, Cabbages and Kings was his first collection of stories, followed by The Four Million. The Gift of the Magi is about a young couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. The Cop and the Anthem is about a New York City hobo named Soapy, who sets out to get arrested so that he can be a guest of the city jail instead of sleeping out in the cold winter. A Retrieved Reformation, which tells the tale of safecracker Jimmy Valentine, recently freed from prison. The Duplicity of Hargraves, a short story about a nearly destitute father and daughter's trip to Washington, D.C.
Table of Contents:
O. Henry ‘ On Himself, Life, And Other Things
Biography of O. Henry
Collection of Poems:
A Contribution
Chanson De Bohême
Drop a Tear in This Slot
Hard to Forget
Nothing to Say
Tamales
The Lullaby Boy
The Murderer
The Old Farm
The Pewee
Two Portraits
Vanity
Collections of Short Stories:
Cabbages and Kings
Heart of the West
My Tussle with the Devil by O. Henry’s Ghost
O Henryana
Options
Roads of Destiny
Rolling Stones
Sixes and Sevens
Strictly Business
The Four Million
The Gentle Grafter
The Trimmed Lamp
The Two Women
The Voice of the City
Waifs and Strays
Whirligigs
Collection of Letters
