O Henry
6) Whirligigs
8) Options
12) Rolling stones
14) Postscripts
In the files of the Houston Post of the period between October 18, 1895, and June 22, 1896, were found the writings which make up this volume. It was characteristic of O. Henry's modesty that these were unsigned. They are published as they originally appeared in Tales of the Town, Postscripts, Pencillings, and Some Postscripts, under which titles O. Henry wrote at different times during his association with the Post.--From Foreword.
William
...15) Waifs And Strays
More Stories of the Four Million: The Gold that Glittered; Babes in the Jungle; The Day Resurgent; The Fifth Wheel; The Poet and the Peasant; The Robe of Peace; The Girl and the Graft; The Call of the Tame; The Unknown Quantity; The Thing's the Play; A Ramble in Aphasia; A Municipal Report; Psyche and the Pskyscraper; A Bird of Bagdad; Compliments of the Season; A Night in New Arabia; The Girl and the Habit; Proof of the Pudding; Past One at Rooney's;
...Jeff Peters, «sympathique» cambrioleur, et ses amis, vont chercher l'argent où il y a un surplus. Jeff professe la combine illégitime avec bonhomie et cérébralité. La veuve et l'orphelin n'ont rien à craindre de lui. C'est un réducteur de superflu...
Non seulement l'humour de O.Henry ne se démode pas mais il reste toujours inattendu. Les Nouvelles Aventures de Jeff Peters et toutes les nouvelles qui les accompagnent,
18) New York Tic Tac
Un nouveau volume de nouvelles humoristiques.
19) Short Fiction
William Sydney Porter, known to readers as O. Henry, was a true raconteur. As a draftsman, a bank teller, a newspaper writer, a fugitive from justice in Central America, and a writer living in New York City, he told stories at each stop and about each stop. His stories are known for their vivid characters who come to life, and sometimes death, in only a few pages. But the most
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