Strictly Business by O. Henry

by O. Henry

Overview

STRICTLY BUSINESS is a collection of twenty-three stories by famed short story writer William Sydney Porter, known as O. Henry. SIXES AND SEVENS is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.

• Strictly Business
• The Gold that Glittered
• Babes in the Jungle
• The Day Resurgent
• The Fifth Wheel
• The Poet and the Peasant
• The Robe of Peace
• The Girl and the Graft
• The Call of the Came
• The Unknown Quantity
• The Thing's the Play
• A Ramble in Aphasia
• A Municipal Report
• Psyche and the Pskyscraper
• A Bird of Bagdad
• Compliments of the Season
• A Night in New Arabia
• The Girl and the Habit
• Proof of the Pudding
• Past One at Rooney's
• The Venturers
• The Duel
• What you Want

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014177030
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	03/30/2012
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	633 KB

About the Author

O. Henry was the pen name of the American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). A native of North Carolina, Porter spent much of his adult life in Texas. He worked on a sheep ranch in La Salle county, and later worked as a bank teller, draftsman, journalist, and pharmacist. He was indicted for embezzlement stemming from irregularities at the First National Bank of Austin, charges he denied. After fleeing the country and then returning, O. Henry was sentenced to federal prison in 1898 where he began writing in earnest. His short stories proved popular and usually featured surprise or "twist" endings. After parole in 1901, O. Henry took up writing full time.