| The Best Short Stories of O. Henry Contributor(s): Henry, O. (Author), Cerf, Bennett (Editor), Cartmell, Van H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0679601228 ISBN-13: 9780679601227 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1994 Annotation: 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 thirty-eight 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00009198 |
| Series: Modern Library (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 5.08" W x 7.48" (0.83 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Home Schooling |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 thirty-eight 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." |