The Collected Works of O. Henry E-Book

O. Henry

• Herausgeber: PergamonMedia
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Serie: Highlights of World Literature
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Seitenzahl: 3711

Beschreibung

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 4142 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Gift of the Magi • The Four Million • Cabbages and Kings • The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million • Rolling Stones • Whirligigs • Roads of Destiny • Short Stories of Various Types • The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million • Sixes and Sevens • Heart of the West • THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES • THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF • The Gentle Grafter • etc.

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Table of Contents

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

THE FOUR MILLION

TOBIN'S PALM

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

A COSMOPOLITE IN A CAFÉ

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 DÉBUT OF TILDY

CABBAGES AND KINGS

THE PROEM

BY THE CARPENTER

I

"FOX-IN-THE-MORNING"

II

THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE

III

SMITH

IV

CAUGHT

V

CUPID'S EXILE NUMBER TWO

VI

THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT

VII

MONEY MAZE

VIII

THE ADMIRAL

IX

THE FLAG PARAMOUNT

X

THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM

XI

THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE

XII

SHOES

XIII

SHIPS

XIV

MASTERS OF ARTS

XV

DICKY

XVI

ROUGE ET NOIR

XVII

TWO RECALLS

XVIII

THE VITAGRAPHOSCOPE

The Vitagraphoscope (Moving Pictures)

The Last Sausage

The Writing on the Sands

The Wilderness and Thou

Waifs and Strays

THE RED ROSES OF TONIA

ROUND THE CIRCLE

THE RUBBER PLANT'S STORY

OUT OF NAZARETH

CONFESSIONS OF A HUMORIST

THE SPARROWS IN MADISON SQUARE

HEARTS AND HANDS

THE CACTUS

THE DETECTIVE DETECTOR

THE DOG AND THE PLAYLET

A LITTLE TALK ABOUT MOBS

THE SNOW MAN

ROADS OF DESTINY

ROADS OF DESTINY

THE LEFT BRANCH

THE RIGHT BRANCH

THE MAIN ROAD

THE GUARDIAN OF THE ACCOLADE

THE DISCOUNTERS OF MONEY

THE ENCHANTED PROFILE

"NEXT TO READING MATTER"

ART AND THE BRONCO

PHŒBE

A DOUBLE-DYED DECEIVER

THE PASSING OF BLACK EAGLE

A RETRIEVED REFORMATION

CHERCHEZ LA FEMME

FRIENDS IN SAN ROSARIO

THE FOURTH IN SALVADOR

THE ENCHANTED KISS

A DEPARTMENTAL CASE

THE RENAISSANCE AT CHARLEROI

ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT

WHISTLING DICK'S CHRISTMAS STOCKING

THE HALBERDIER OF THE LITTLE RHEINSCHLOSS

TWO RENEGADES

THE LONESOME ROAD

Options

"THE ROSE OF DIXIE"

HEART OF THE WEST

I HEARTS AND CROSSES

II THE RANSOM OF MACK

III TELEMACHUS, FRIEND

IV THE HANDBOOK OF HYMEN

V THE PIMIENTA PANCAKES

VI SEATS OF THE HAUGHTY

VII HYGEIA AT THE SOLITO

VIII AN AFTERNOON MIRACLE

X CUPID A LA CARTE

XI THE CABALLERO'S WAY

XII THE SPHINX APPLE

XIII THE MISSING CHORD

XIV A CALL LOAN

XV THE PRINCESS AND THE PUMA

XVI THE INDIAN SUMMER OF DRY VALLEY JOHNSON

XVII CHRISTMAS BY INJUNCTION

XIX THE REFORMATION OF CALLIOPE

STRICTLY BUSINESS

I STRICTLY BUSINESS

II THE GOLD THAT GLITTERED

III BABES IN THE JUNGLE

IV THE DAY RESURGENT

V THE FIFTH WHEEL

VI THE POET AND THE PEASANT

VIII THE GIRL AND THE GRAFT

IX THE CALL OF THE TAME

X THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY

XIII A MUNICIPAL REPORT

XIV PSYCHE AND THE PSKYSCRAPER

XV A BIRD OF BAGDAD

XVI COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON

XVII A NIGHT IN NEW ARABIA

THE STORY OF THE CALIPH WHO ALLEVIATED HIS CONSCIENCE

XVIII THE GIRL AND THE HABIT

XX PAST ONE AT ROONEY'S

XXI THE VENTURERS

XXII THE DUEL

XXIII "WHAT YOU WANT"

Sixes and Sevens

THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS

THE SLEUTHS

THE PRIDE OF THE CITIES

HOLDING UP A TRAIN

MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN

AT ARMS WITH MORPHEUS

A GHOST OF A CHANCE

JIMMY HAYES AND MURIEL

THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES

LET ME FEEL YOUR PULSE

NEW YORK BY CAMP FIRE LIGHT

THE LADY HIGHER UP

THE GREATER CONEY

LAW AND ORDER

TRANSFORMATION OF MARTIN BURNEY

THE CALIPH AND THE CAD

THE DIAMOND OF KALI

THE DAY WE CELEBRATE

THE GENTLE GRAFTER

THE OCTOPUS MAROONED

JEFF PETERS AS A PERSONAL MAGNET

THE CHAIR OF PHILANTHROMATHEMATICS

THE HAND THAT RILES THE WORLD

THE EXACT SCIENCE OF MATRIMONY

A MIDSUMMER MASQUERADE

INNOCENTS OF BROADWAY

CONSCIENCE IN ART

THE MAN HIGHER UP

A TEMPERED WIND

HOSTAGES TO MOMUS

THE ETHICS OF PIG

FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD

THE TRIMMED LAMP

THE TRIMMED LAMP

A MADISON SQUARE ARABIAN NIGHT

THE PENDULUM

TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN

THE ASSESSOR OF SUCCESS

THE BUYER FROM CACTUS CITY

THE BADGE OF POLICEMAN O'ROON

BRICKDUST ROW

THE MAKING OF A NEW YORKER

VANITY AND SOME SABLES

THE PURPLE DRESS

THE FOREIGN POLICY OF COMPANY 99

A HARLEM TRAGEDY

ACCORDING TO THEIR LIGHTS

A MIDSUMMER KNIGHT'S DREAM

THE LAST LEAF

THE COUNT AND THE WEDDING GUEST

THE TALE OF A TAINTED TENNER

THE VOICE OF THE CITY

THE VOICE OF THE CITY

THE COMPLETE LIFE OF JOHN HOPKINS

A LICKPENNY LOVER

"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 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

ROLLING STONES