An old read

I recently purchased a reprint of some of O'Henry's short stories and was pleasantly surprised to re-read an old favorite, "A Retrieved Reformation." O'Henry was a genius of the short story. He imbued every story with a plot filled with human emotion. In the above cited short story, I am again interested in the criminal element. In a few pages we are able not only to see the reformation of a criminal by the lens of love, but in addition witness a forgiveness by the person pursuing the criminal. A good deed is done by our criminal putting his new and now honest life in jeopardy. He looks to his love and does the right thing. In just a few pages, I am again hooked on reading more short stories and feeling the love.

K. B. Pellegrino, Author