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The four million. By: O. Henry ( collection of short stories ): William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer.
The Four Million is the second published collection of short stories by O. Henry originally released in 1906. There are twenty five stories of various lengths including several of his best known works such as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem". The book's title refers to the then population of New York City where many of the stories are set. Contents[edit] Tobin's Palm The Gift of the Magi A Cosmopolite in a Cafe Between Rounds The Skylight Room A Service of Love The Coming-Out of Maggie Man About Town The Cop and the Anthem An Adjustment of Nature Memoirs of a Yellow Dog The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein Mammon and the Archer Springtime à la Carte The Green Door From the Cabby's Seat An Unfinished Story The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock Sisters of the Golden Circle The Romance of a Busy Broker After Twenty Years Lost on Dress Parade By Courier The Furnished Room The Brief Debut of Tildy 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. Early life: William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825-88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833-65). William's parents had married on April 20, 1858. When William was three, his mother died from tuberculosis, and he and his father moved into the home of his paternal grandmother. As a child, Porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels; his favorite works were Lane's translation of One Thousand and One Nights and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy. Porter graduated from his aunt Evelina Maria Porter's elementary school in 1876. He then enrolled at the Lindsey Street High School. His aunt continued to tutor him until he was fifteen. In 1879, he started working in his uncle's drugstore and in 1881, at the age of nineteen, he was licensed as a pharmacist. At the drugstore, he also showed off his natural artistic talents by sketching the townsfolk...........
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The four million. By: O. Henry ( collection of short stories ): William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer.
The Four Million is the second published collection of short stories by O. Henry originally released in 1906. There are twenty five stories of various lengths including several of his best known works such as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem". The book's title refers to the then population of New York City where many of the stories are set. Contents[edit] Tobin's Palm The Gift of the Magi A Cosmopolite in a Cafe Between Rounds The Skylight Room A Service of Love The Coming-Out of Maggie Man About Town The Cop and the Anthem An Adjustment of Nature Memoirs of a Yellow Dog The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein Mammon and the Archer Springtime à la Carte The Green Door From the Cabby's Seat An Unfinished Story The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock Sisters of the Golden Circle The Romance of a Busy Broker After Twenty Years Lost on Dress Parade By Courier The Furnished Room The Brief Debut of Tildy 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. Early life: William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825-88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833-65). William's parents had married on April 20, 1858. When William was three, his mother died from tuberculosis, and he and his father moved into the home of his paternal grandmother. As a child, Porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels; his favorite works were Lane's translation of One Thousand and One Nights and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy. Porter graduated from his aunt Evelina Maria Porter's elementary school in 1876. He then enrolled at the Lindsey Street High School. His aunt continued to tutor him until he was fifteen. In 1879, he started working in his uncle's drugstore and in 1881, at the age of nineteen, he was licensed as a pharmacist. At the drugstore, he also showed off his natural artistic talents by sketching the townsfolk...........
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The four million. By: O. Henry ( collection of short stories ): William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer.

The four million. By: O. Henry ( collection of short stories ): William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer.

by O. Henry
The four million. By: O. Henry ( collection of short stories ): William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer.

The four million. By: O. Henry ( collection of short stories ): William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer.

by O. Henry

Overview

The Four Million is the second published collection of short stories by O. Henry originally released in 1906. There are twenty five stories of various lengths including several of his best known works such as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem". The book's title refers to the then population of New York City where many of the stories are set. Contents[edit] Tobin's Palm The Gift of the Magi A Cosmopolite in a Cafe Between Rounds The Skylight Room A Service of Love The Coming-Out of Maggie Man About Town The Cop and the Anthem An Adjustment of Nature Memoirs of a Yellow Dog The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein Mammon and the Archer Springtime à la Carte The Green Door From the Cabby's Seat An Unfinished Story The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock Sisters of the Golden Circle The Romance of a Busy Broker After Twenty Years Lost on Dress Parade By Courier The Furnished Room The Brief Debut of Tildy 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. Early life: William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825-88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833-65). William's parents had married on April 20, 1858. When William was three, his mother died from tuberculosis, and he and his father moved into the home of his paternal grandmother. As a child, Porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels; his favorite works were Lane's translation of One Thousand and One Nights and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy. Porter graduated from his aunt Evelina Maria Porter's elementary school in 1876. He then enrolled at the Lindsey Street High School. His aunt continued to tutor him until he was fifteen. In 1879, he started working in his uncle's drugstore and in 1881, at the age of nineteen, he was licensed as a pharmacist. At the drugstore, he also showed off his natural artistic talents by sketching the townsfolk...........

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ISBN-13: 9781546892298
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 05/24/2017
Pages: 88
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.18(d)

About the Author

About The Author

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) was a prolific American short story writer. Initially trained as a pharmacist, Porter began his writing career as a journalist and worked on his stories on the side. After being accused of embezzling money from a bank he worked for, he fled to Honduras. He returned to the US upon the death of his wife and was sentenced to five years in prison. It was during this time that he began to have his first stories published. He later moved to New York and began writing stories in earnest. Some of his most famous stories include "Gift of the Magi" and "The Caballero's Way" which introduced the character, the Cisco Kid.

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