O'Henry Selected Stories TV AS NEW
by O'Henry William Sydney Porter
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- In exceptionally good condition
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. A Limited Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [23.5cm/9.25 inches], full gilt-embossed Oxford-blue calf sans dust jacket, -as issued-, pp. 467. Illustrated with drawings by Betty Maxey. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. O. Henry's stories frequently have surprise endings. In his day, he was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. While both authors wrote plot twist endings, O. Henry stories were considerably more playful. His stories are also known for witty narration. Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses, etc. O. Henry's work is wide-ranging, and his characters can be found roaming the cattle-lands of Texas, exploring the art of the con-man, or investigating the tensions of class and wealth in turn-of-the-century New York. O. Henry had an inimitable hand for isolating some element of society and describing it with an incredible economy and grace of language. Some of his best and least-known work is contained in Cabbages and Kings, a series of stories each of which explores some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town, while advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another.
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- Charles Lewis Best Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23631
- Title
- O'Henry Selected Stories TV AS NEW
- Author
- O'Henry William Sydney Porter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - In exceptionally good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- A Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- American Literature
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