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Εξομολογήσεις ενός ευθυμογράφου
Ο τόμος περιέχει τις εξής ιστορίες:
01. Η πρόσκληση
02. Την ώρα που το αυτοκίνητο περίμενε
03. Οκτώβριος και Ιούνιος
04. Η παλάμη του Τόμπιν
05. Το τελευταίο φύλο
06. Εξομολογήσεις ενός ευθυμογράφου
07. Το κοινωνικό τρίγωνο
08. Μια αραβική νύχτα στην πλατεία Μάντισον
09. Είκοσι χρόνια μετά
10. Μασκαράτα
11. Τα δώρα των μάγων
12. Τα καρβέλια του κρυφού έρωτα
13. Το ερωτικό φίλτρο του Ικι Σόστιν
01. Η πρόσκληση
02. Την ώρα που το αυτοκίνητο περίμενε
03. Οκτώβριος και Ιούνιος
04. Η παλάμη του Τόμπιν
05. Το τελευταίο φύλο
06. Εξομολογήσεις ενός ευθυμογράφου
07. Το κοινωνικό τρίγωνο
08. Μια αραβική νύχτα στην πλατεία Μάντισον
09. Είκοσι χρόνια μετά
10. Μασκαράτα
11. Τα δώρα των μάγων
12. Τα καρβέλια του κρυφού έρωτα
13. Το ερωτικό φίλτρο του Ικι Σόστιν
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Published May 1, 2013
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About the author
O. Henry
2,919 books1,893 followersSuch volumes as
Cabbages and Kings
(1904) and
The Four Million
(1906) collect short stories, noted for their often surprising endings, of American writer William Sydney Porter, who used the pen name O. Henry.
His biography shows where he found inspiration for his characters. His era produced their voices and his language.
Mother of three-year-old Porter died from tuberculosis. He left school at fifteen years of age and worked for five years in drugstore of his uncle and then for two years at a Texas sheep ranch.
In 1884, he went to Austin, where he worked in a real estate office and a church choir and spent four years as a draftsman in the general land office. His wife and firstborn died, but daughter Margaret survived him.
He failed to establish a small humorous weekly and afterward worked in poorly-run bank. When its accounts balanced not, people blamed and fired him.
In Houston, he worked for a few years until, ordered to stand trial for embezzlement, he fled to New Orleans and thence Honduras.
Two years later, he returned on account of illness of his wife. Apprehended, Porter served a few months more than three years in a penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. During his incarceration, he composed ten short stories, including A Blackjack Bargainer , The Enchanted Kiss , and The Duplicity of Hargraves .
In 1899, McClure's published Whistling Dick's Christmas Story and Georgia's Ruling .
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he sent manuscripts to New York editors. In the spring of 1902, Ainslee's Magazine offered him a regular income if he moved to New York.
In less than eight years, he became a bestselling author of collections of short stories. Cabbages and Kings came first in 1904 The Four Million, and The Trimmed Lamp and Heart of the West followed in 1907, and The Voice of the City in 1908, Roads of Destiny and Options in 1909, Strictly Business and Whirligigs in 1910 followed.
Posthumously published collections include The Gentle Grafter about the swindler, Jeff Peters; Rolling Stones , Waifs and Strays , and in 1936, unsigned stories, followed.
People rewarded other persons financially more. A Retrieved Reformation about the safe-cracker Jimmy Valentine got $250; six years later, $500 for dramatic rights, which gave over $100,000 royalties for playwright Paul Armstrong. Many stories have been made into films.
His biography shows where he found inspiration for his characters. His era produced their voices and his language.
Mother of three-year-old Porter died from tuberculosis. He left school at fifteen years of age and worked for five years in drugstore of his uncle and then for two years at a Texas sheep ranch.
In 1884, he went to Austin, where he worked in a real estate office and a church choir and spent four years as a draftsman in the general land office. His wife and firstborn died, but daughter Margaret survived him.
He failed to establish a small humorous weekly and afterward worked in poorly-run bank. When its accounts balanced not, people blamed and fired him.
In Houston, he worked for a few years until, ordered to stand trial for embezzlement, he fled to New Orleans and thence Honduras.
Two years later, he returned on account of illness of his wife. Apprehended, Porter served a few months more than three years in a penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. During his incarceration, he composed ten short stories, including A Blackjack Bargainer , The Enchanted Kiss , and The Duplicity of Hargraves .
In 1899, McClure's published Whistling Dick's Christmas Story and Georgia's Ruling .
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he sent manuscripts to New York editors. In the spring of 1902, Ainslee's Magazine offered him a regular income if he moved to New York.
In less than eight years, he became a bestselling author of collections of short stories. Cabbages and Kings came first in 1904 The Four Million, and The Trimmed Lamp and Heart of the West followed in 1907, and The Voice of the City in 1908, Roads of Destiny and Options in 1909, Strictly Business and Whirligigs in 1910 followed.
Posthumously published collections include The Gentle Grafter about the swindler, Jeff Peters; Rolling Stones , Waifs and Strays , and in 1936, unsigned stories, followed.
People rewarded other persons financially more. A Retrieved Reformation about the safe-cracker Jimmy Valentine got $250; six years later, $500 for dramatic rights, which gave over $100,000 royalties for playwright Paul Armstrong. Many stories have been made into films.
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February 11, 2018
Ωραία συλλογή διηγημάτων που τσίμπησα στον τρίτο μου γύρο στο φετινό Παζάρι Βιβλίου. Το πέτυχα μπροστά μου, θυμήθηκα ότι ο Ο. Χένρι είναι ένας κλασικός Αμερικάνος διηγηματογράφος που πολλοί συγγραφείς μνημονεύουν, είδα την τιμή (τρία ευρώ), και το άρπαξα. Μου φάνηκε σαν μια καλή ευκαιρία να γνωρίσω έναν ακόμα κλασικό συγγραφέα. Είναι ένα βιβλιαράκι που το ευχαριστήθηκα σε πολύ μεγάλο βαθμό. Ωραία διηγήματα, άλλοτε συγκινητικά και άλλοτε πιο ευχάριστα, σίγουρα ανθρώπινα, τρυφερά και με απλό χιούμορ, ενώ όλα τους με τέλος απρόβλεπτο και σκαμπρόζικο, ικανό να ξαφνιάσει τον αναγνώστη. Σαν κλείσιμο του ματιού, ένα πράμα. Η γραφή απλή και ξεκούραστη, χωρίς περίπλοκα νοήματα ή περιττολογίες. Τα διηγήματα δείχνουν τα χρόνια τους, όμως διαβάζονται πραγματικά πολύ ευχάριστα, ενώ οπωσδήποτε αναδεικνύουν και κάποιες αλήθειες για την ανθρώπινη κοινωνία. Σίγουρα κάποια στιγμή στο μέλλον θα διαβάσω και άλλα διηγήματα του Ο. Χένρι.
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