{"product_id":"41-stories-150th-anniversary-edition-paperback","title":"41 Stories: 150th Anniversary Edition - Mass Market Paperbound","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eO. Henry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eLaura Furman\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluding his most famous works, such as \"The Gift of the Magi\" and \"The Furnished Room,\" this collection of forty-one O. Henry short stories demonstrates his extraordinary technical genius. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThere are stories in everything. I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--O. Henry \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders the world over recognize O. Henry as the best short story writer of the early twentieth century--even today a masterful surprise at the end of a story is described as \"an O. Henry twist,\" and a prominent short fiction award bears his name. Widely known as a master of irony, O. Henry also displayed in his stories dazzling wordplay and a wry combination of pathos and humor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCunningly arranged according to geographic location, these tales display the wide range of O. Henry's world, from the streets of his beloved New York City to the heat of Honduras and other exotic locales. With his wonderful plot turns, unexpected climaxes, and deep insights into human nature, O. Henry's works will live on as prime examples of the well-told tale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes an Introduction by Burton Raffel\u003cbr\u003eand an Afterword by Laura Furman\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Sydney Porter\u003c\/b\u003e (1862-1910) published all of his work--a novel and some 300 short stories--under the pseudonym \u003cb\u003e0. Henry\u003c\/b\u003e. His talent for vivid caricature, local tone, narrative agility, and compassion tempered by irony made him a vastly popular writer in the last decade of his life. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, to ordinary middle-class parents and worked in an uncle's drugstore as a youth, becoming a certified pharmacist. Like many Southerners after the Civil War, he sought his fortune in the West, holding various jobs (newspaper work, clerking in a land office, a teller at an Austin bank). Charged with embezzlement in 1894, he fled to Honduras, returning in 1897 to be with his ill and dying wife. His conviction was caused more by his eluding trial than by the conflicting evidence of theft. In the Ohio State Penitentiary (1898-1901), he began to write the stories that made him famous. He moved to New York, remarried, and kept his identity a secret from all but a few friends. He is buried in Asheville, North Carolina. He is universally honored for his mastery of the short story and for his humane spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 6.88 x 4.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52852970586336,"sku":"9780451530530","price":8.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/84VBul6Jwg9780451530530.webp?v=1781230689","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/41-stories-150th-anniversary-edition-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}