false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166606531m/14467.jpg 14467 3 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. 4044434 1952 The Best Short Stories of O. Henry (Modern Library) total:636|5:268|4:262|3:97|2:9|1:0| 636 2697 817 36 2 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri Apr 04 05:59:33 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 06:01:27 -0700 2008 0 1 false false Sun Sep 16 15:54:57 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 15:54:57 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 21 14:18:15 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 14:38:05 -0700 2008
It's funny to read that the ladies of the 1890s and turn of the century are not that much different than the city girls of today - they blow the rent on the perfect dress, fall in love, pick the wro...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 07:27:58 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 13:15:12 -0700 2009
I didn't read all of them, but I read a few and they were fun. "The Ransom of Red Chief" was my favorite, which had a Twainian (ooh!) boyish country humor to it that was endearing. ]]> 2 0 false false Thu Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 13:45:30 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 08:36:34 -0700 2008
Then there's the issue of "A Harlem Tragedy," with ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 29 08:10:56 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 08:22:31 -0700 2008 I had only previously The Gift of the Magi which I dearly love. From the High School library I checked out this book. It is 1600+ pages, and it took me a while to read it, but it was well worth the time. In our world it is hard to find books that are clean. This was one of those books. M...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 21:32:55 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 21:46:34 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Tue Jun 09 21:59:14 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 06:18:54 -0700 2009 0 1 false false Wed Jan 14 20:52:11 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 20:52:21 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 11:23:47 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 11:24:03 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Mon Jan 21 12:32:30 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 13:47:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri May 30 17:14:08 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 17:15:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Mar 31 23:48:46 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 23:53:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Sep 25 11:49:35 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 08:32:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 05 13:30:53 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 14:38:04 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Sun Oct 05 07:48:27 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 07:49:13 -0700 2008 Really good read

]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 22 00:28:55 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 21:03:13 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 21:23:08 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 06:30:36 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 07:53:05 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Mon Sep 01 16:03:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 16:04:52 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Sep 19 13:17:26 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 13:17:54 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=14467