The Gift of the Magi and Other New York Stories: The Skylight Room, The Voice of The City, The Cop and the Anthem, A Retrieved Information, The Last Leaf, The Ransom of Red Chief, The Trimmed Lamp...

by O. Henry

Overview

Table of Contents: • The Voice Of The City • The Making Of A New Yorker • A Retrieved Reformation • The Cop And The Anthem • The Duplicity Of Hargraves • The Gift Of The Magi • The Last Leaf • The Ransom Of Red Chief • The Skylight Room • The Trimmed Lamp • The Whirligig Of Life • A Harlem Tragedy • Biography of O. Henry • The Gift of the Magi is a story 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 tells the tale of safecracker Jimmy Valentine, recently freed from prison. • The Duplicity of Hargraves is a short story about a nearly destitute father and daughter's trip to Washington, D.C. • The Ransom of Red Chief is a short story, it follows two men who kidnap and attempt to ransom a wealthy Alabaman's son; eventually, the men are driven to distraction by the boy's spoiled and hyperactive behavior, and end up having to pay the boy's father to take him back. • 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788026890485
Publisher:	e-artnow
Publication date:	12/13/2018
Pages:	164
Sales rank:	227,231
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.35(d)

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.