The Voice of the City by O. Henry

by O. Henry

Overview

THE VOICE OF THE CITY is a collection of twenty-five stories by famed short story writer William Sydney Porter, known as O. Henry. THE VOICE OF THE CITY is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.

• The Voice of the City
• The Complete Life of John Hopkins
• A Lickpenny Lover
• Dougherty's Eye-Opener
• "Little Speck in Garnered Fruit"
• The Harbinger
• While the Auto Waits
• A Comedy in Rubber
• One Thousand Dollars
• The Defeat of the City
• The Shocks of Doom
• The Plutonian Fire
• Nemesis and the Candy Man
• Squaring the Circle
• Roses, Ruses and Romance
• The City of Dreadful Night
• The Easter of the Soul
• The Fool-Killer
• Transients in Arcadia
• The Rathskeller and the Rose
• The Clarion Call
• Extradited from Bohemia
• A Philistine in Bohemia
• From Each According to His Ability
• The Memento

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014192026
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	04/02/2012
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	484 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.