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(Henry, O., 1862-1910)

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William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction. His works include "The Gift of the Magi", "The Duplicity of Hargraves", and "The Ransom of Red Chief", as well as the novel Cabbages and Kings. Porter's stories are known for their naturalist observations, witty narration, and surprise endings. (From Wikipedia)

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  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910, contrib.: The Best American Humorous Short Stories (with a short introduction; New York: Carlton House, ca. 1922), ed. by Alexander Jessup, also contrib. by George Pope Morris, Edgar Allan Poe, Caroline M. Kirkland, Eliza Leslie, George William Curtis, Edward Everett Hale, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark Twain, Harry Stillwell Edwards, Richard Malcolm Johnston, H. C. Bunner, Frank R. Stockton, Bret Harte, George Randolph Chester, Grace MacGowan Cooke, William James Lampton, and Wells Hastings
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910, contrib.: The Best American Humorous Short Stories (with an extensive introduction; ca. 1922), ed. by Alexander Jessup, also contrib. by George Pope Morris, Edgar Allan Poe, Caroline M. Kirkland, Eliza Leslie, George William Curtis, Edward Everett Hale, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark Twain, Harry Stillwell Edwards, Richard Malcolm Johnston, H. C. Bunner, Frank R. Stockton, Bret Harte, George Randolph Chester, Grace MacGowan Cooke, William James Lampton, and Wells Hastings (Gutenberg text)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: Cabbages and Kings (Gutenberg text)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: The Four Million (Gutenberg text)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: The Gentle Grafter, illust. by H. C. Greening and May Wilson Preston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: The Gift of the Magi
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: Heart of the West (Gutenberg text)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: Heart of the West (with added footnotes), contrib. by Joseph E. Loewenstein (Gutenberg text)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910, contrib.: The Miller's Holiday: Short Stories from The Northwestern Miller (Minneapolis: Miller Pub. Co., 1920), ed. by Randolph Edgar, also contrib. by Edward Everett Hale, Charles Fletcher Lummis, James Lane Allen, Frank R. Stockton, Hamlin Garland, Octave Thanet, Howard Pyle, and Robert Barr, illust. by Richard Caton Woodville, Howard Pyle, and Frank X. Leyendecker
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910, contrib.: Modern Short Stories: A Book for High Schools (New York: The Century Co., 1918), ed. by Frederick Houk Law, also contrib. by Joel Chandler Harris, Mary Mapes Dodge, Lafcadio Hearn, Ernest Thompson Seton, Leo Tolstoy, Perceval Gibbon, Richard Harding Davis, Stacy Aumonier, Rudyard Kipling, Walter A. Dyer, Ruth McEnery Stuart, David Gray, J. M. Barrie, Jack London, Morgan Robertson, S. Weir Mitchell, Arthur Conan Doyle, Owen Johnson, Phyllis Bottome, Ian Maclaren, and William Sharp, illust. by Thomas Fogarty, E. W. Kemble, and Wladyslaw T. Benda (page images at HathiTrust)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910, contrib.: Modern Short Stories: A Book for High Schools (New York: The Century Co., 1921), ed. by Frederick Houk Law, also contrib. by Joel Chandler Harris, Mary Mapes Dodge, Lafcadio Hearn, Ernest Thompson Seton, Leo Tolstoy, Perceval Gibbon, Richard Harding Davis, Stacy Aumonier, Rudyard Kipling, Walter A. Dyer, Ruth McEnery Stuart, David Gray, J. M. Barrie, Jack London, Morgan Robertson, S. Weir Mitchell, Arthur Conan Doyle, Owen Johnson, Phyllis Bottome, Ian Maclaren, and William Sharp, illust. by Thomas Fogarty, E. W. Kemble, and Wladyslaw T. Benda
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: Options (Gutenberg text)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: Roads of Destiny (Gutenberg text)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: Rolling Stones
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910, contrib.: Short Stories, Old and New (1916), ed. by C. Alphonso Smith, also contrib. by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Brown, Bret Harte, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, and Rudyard Kipling (Gutenberg text)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: Sixes and Sevens (Gutenberg text)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: Strictly Business (Gutenberg text)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: The Trimmed Lamp, and Other Stories of the Four Million
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: The Voice of the City (Gutenberg text)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: Waifs and Strays: Twelve Stories (critical and biographical commentary section omitted) (Gutenberg text)
  • [Info] Henry, O., 1862-1910: Whirligigs (Gutenberg text)
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