Roads of Destiny, Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking and Other Stories

Author:   O Henry
Publisher:   Kessinger Publishing
ISBN:  

9780548033197


Pages:   316
Publication Date:   01 July 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Roads of Destiny, Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking and Other Stories


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1915. William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was the most popular short story writer of his time. His stories typically revolved around two of his favorite themes, the situation of the impostor and fate as the one unavoidable reality of life. Another device he used was the surprise ending, usually coming about through coincidence. He was the founder of the humorous weekly The Rolling Stone. When the weekly failed, he joined the Houston Post as a reporter and columnist. He was convicted of embezzling money, although there's much debate over his actual guilt, and while in prison he started to write short stories. His first work, Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking appeared in McClure's Magazine. After emerging from prison Porter changed his name to O. Henry. He then moved to New York and wrote a story a week for the New York World, also publishing in other magazines. For the most part his stories deal with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses and set in his contemporary present, the early years of the 20th century. Contents: Roads of Destiny; The Guardian of the Accolade; The Discounters of Money; The Enchanted Profile; Next to Reading Matter; Art and the Bronco; Phoebe, A Double-Dyed Deceiver; The Passing of Black Eagle; A Retrieved Reformation; Cherchez La Femme; Friends in San Rosario; The Fourth in Salvador; The Emancipation of Billy; The Enchanted Kiss; A Departmental Case; The Renaissance at Charleroi; On Behalf of the Management; Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking; The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss; Two Renegades; and The Lonesome Road. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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Author:   O Henry
Publisher:   Kessinger Publishing
Imprint:   Kessinger Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780548033197


ISBN 10:   0548033196
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   01 July 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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