O. Henry kuueosalise 100 valitud novelli kogu viies raamat – läbilõige ühe Ameerika parima novellikirjutaja lühijuttudest. Autor kirjeldab ühesuguse meisterlikkusega nii elu eelmisel sajandivahetusel Rio Grandest lõunas kui ka nelja miljoni New Yorgi tavakodaniku käitumist ja mõttemaailma. Tema jutustusi iseloomustavad juhuste kokkusattumine, ootamatu lõpp, inimlik kaastunne ja peen huumor, mis tegid O. Henry novellid eelmisel sajandil nii populaarseks.
Musaicum Books presents the Musaicum Christmas Specials. We have selected the greatest Christmas novels, short stories and fairy tales for this joyful and charming holiday season, for all those who want to keep the spirit of Christmas alive with a heartwarming tale. Table of Contents: The Gift of the Magi Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking Christmas by Injunction A Chaparral Christmas Gift
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...
Among O. Henry's 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...
"The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million" by O. Henry. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
