The more than 600 stories written by O. Henry provided an embarrassment of riches for the compilers of this volume. The final selection of the ten stories in this collection offers for the reader's delight those tales honored almost unanimously by anthologists and those that represent, in variety and balance, the best work of America's favorite storyteller. They are tales in his most mellow, humorous, and ironic moods. They give the full range and flavor of the man born William Sydney Porter but known throughout the world as O. Henry, one of the great masters of the short story. The Best...

"The Gift of the Magi" an illustrated short story, originally written by O. Henry. It tells about a young married couple named Jim and Della and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each when they have more love than money.

O. Henry is the knight of the shop-girl and the waitress; of the wandering, homeless tramp; of poverty-stricken young married folk; of hundreds of lonely human beings who live within the dirty, gloomy wall of two-dollar-a-week boarding house rooms - of the great mass of humanity not included in the "four hundred," the everyday men and women of New York's East Side. The Four Million contains O. Henry's best and most characteristic work: the famous Gift of the Magi, the moving story of a young couple who sacrifice their most prized possessions to buy Christmas presents for each other; Soapy,...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many classics that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic."

Clearly a literary great, O. Henry gave his gift to the world many years ago with this classic short story. "The Gift of the Magi" brings the reader into an interesting story of true unselfish love in the early 1900s. Enjoy Henry's imagination as you discover what happens when a young husband and wife desperately and secretly try to obtain a gift for each other despite their poor financial situation. Large Print Richard Foster Classics Collection

Clearly a literary great, O. Henry gave his great gifts to the world with his classic works, including this western short story, "Hearts and Crosses." Enjoy Henry's amazing imagination as you take a trip into the Old West. Hearts and Crosses is the 1st short story of the Heart of the West collection of short stories by author O. Henry.

Clearly a literary great, O. Henry gave his great gifts to the world with his classic works, including this western short story, "The Ransom of Mack." Enjoy Henry's amazing imagination as you take a trip into the Old West. Telemachus, Friend is the 2nd short story of the Heart of the West collection of short stories by author O. Henry.