O. Henry is the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). He wrote more than three hundred stories which are collected in volumes like Cabbages and Kings, The Four Millions, and The Voice of the City.
O. Henry goes deep into the life of the lower stratum of society and describes them with remarkable sympathy and understanding because he had lived with them for the most part of his life. In his stories, we find the blending of humour and pathos. He has humour but at times humour turns into an extremely tragic ending like in the story of ‘The Gift of the Magi’.
O. Henry is regarded as one of the masters of modern short stories. His stories are remarkable for sudden and unexpected ends that surprise readers.
Short Stories
- A Bird of Bagdad by O. Henry
- A Blackjack Bargainer by O. Henry
- A Chaparral Christmas Gift by O. Henry
- A Comedy in Rubber by O. Henry
- A Cosmopolite in a Café by O. Henry
- A Departmental Case by O. Henry
- A Double-Dyed Deceiver by O. Henry
- A Ghost of a Chance by O. Henry
- A Harlem Tragedy by O. Henry
- A Lickpenny Lover by O. Henry
- A Little Local Colour by O. Henry
- A Madison Square Arabian Night by O. Henry
- A Matter of Mean Elevation by O. Henry
- A Midsummer Knight’s Dream by O. Henry
- A Municipal Report by O. Henry
- A Newspaper Story by O. Henry
- A Night in New Arabia by O. Henry
- A Philistine in Bohemia by O. Henry
- A Poor Rule by O. Henry
- A Ramble in Aphasia by O. Henry
- A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry
- A Sacrifice Hit by O. Henry
- A Service Of Love by O. Henry
- A Technical Error by O. Henry
- According to Their Lights by O. Henry
- After Twenty Years by O. Henry
- An Adjustment of Nature by O. Henry
- An Afternoon Miracle by O. Henry
- An Unfinished Story by O. Henry
- Art and the Bronco by O. Henry
- At Arms with Morpheus by O. Henry
- Babes in the Jungle by O. Henry
- Best Seller by O. Henry
- Between Rounds by O. Henry
- Blind Man’s Holiday by O. Henry
- Brickdust Row by O. Henry
- Buried Treasure by O. Henry
- By Courier by O. Henry
- Calloway’s Code by O. Henry
- Cherchez la Femme by O. Henry
- Compliments of the Season by O. Henry
- Dougherty’s Eye-Opener by O. Henry
- Elsie in New York by O. Henry
- Extradited from Bohemia by O. Henry
- Friends in San Rosario by O. Henry
- From Each According to His Ability by O. Henry
- From the Cabby’s Seat by O. Henry
- Georgia’s Ruling by O. Henry
- Girl by O. Henry
- He Also Serves by O. Henry
- Hearts and Crosses by O. Henry
- Hearts and Hands by O. Henry
- Holding Up a Train by O. Henry
- Hygeia at the Solito by O. Henry
- Jimmy Hayes and Muriel by O. Henry
- Law and Order by O. Henry
- Let Me Feel Your Pulse by O. Henry
- Little Speck in Garnered Fruit by O. Henry
- Lost on Dress Parade by O. Henry
- Madame Bo-peep, of the Ranches by O. Henry
- Makes the Whole World Kin by O. Henry
- Mammon and the Archer by O. Henry
- Man About Town by O. Henry
- Masters of Arts by O. Henry
- Memoirs of a Yellow Dog by O. Henry
- Nemesis and the Candy Man by O. Henry
- New York by Camp Fire Light by O. Henry
- Next to Reading Matter by O. Henry
- No Story by O. Henry
- October and June by O. Henry
- On Behalf of the Management by O. Henry
- One Dollar’s Worth by O. Henry
- One Thousand Dollars by O. Henry
- Past One at Rooney’s by O. Henry
- Phoebe by O. Henry
- Proof of the Pudding by O. Henry
- Psyche and the Pskyscraper by O. Henry
- Roads of Destiny by O. Henry
- Roses, Ruses and Romance by O. Henry
- Rus in Urbe by O. Henry
- Schools and Schools by O. Henry
- Seats of the Haughty by O. Henry
- Sisters of the Golden Circle by O. Henry
- Sociology in Serge and Straw by O. Henry
- Springtime Á La Carte by O. Henry
- Squaring the circle by O. Henry
- Strictly Business by O. Henry
- Suite Homes and Their Romance by O. Henry
- Supply and Demand by O. Henry
- Telemachus, Friend by O. Henry
- The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes by O. Henry
- The Assessor of Success by O. Henry
- The Badge of Policeman O’Roon by O. Henry
- The Brief Début of Tildy by O. Henry
- The Buyer From Cactus City by O. Henry
- The Caliph and the Cad by O. Henry
- The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock by O. Henry
- The Call of the Tame by O. Henry
- The Champion of the Weather by O. Henry
- The Church with an Overshot Wheel by O. Henry
- The City of Dreadful Night by O. Henry
- The Clarion Call by O. Henry
- The Coming-Out of Maggie by O. Henry
- The Complete Life of John Hopkins by O. Henry
- The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry
- The Count and the Wedding Guest by O. Henry
- The Country of Elusion by O. Henry
- The Day Resurgent by O. Henry
- The Day We Celebrate by O. Henry
- The Defeat of the City by O. Henry
- The Diamond of Kali by O. Henry
- The Discounters of Money by O. Henry
- The Door of Unrest by O. Henry
- The Duel by O. Henry
- The Duplicity of Hargraves by O. Henry
- The Easter of the Soul by O. Henry
- The Emancipation of Billy by O. Henry
- The Enchanted Kiss by O. Henry
- The Enchanted Profile by O. Henry
- The Ferry of Unfulfilment by O. Henry
- The Fifth Wheel by O. Henry
- The Fool Killer by O. Henry
- The Foreign Policy of Company 99 by O. Henry
- The Fourth in Salvador by O. Henry
- The Furnished Room by O. Henry
- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
- The Girl and the Graft by O. Henry
- The Girl and the Habit by O. Henry
- The Gold that Glittered by O. Henry
- The Greater Coney by O. Henry
- The Green Door by O. Henry
- The Guardian of the Accolade by O. Henry
- The Guilty Party by O. Henry
- The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss by O. Henry
- The Handbook of Hymen by O. Henry
- The Harbinger by O. Henry
- The Head Hunter by O. Henry
- The Hiding of Black Bill by O. Henry
- The Higher Pragmatism by O. Henry
- The Hypotheses of Failure by O. Henry
- The Lady Higher Up by O. Henry
- The Last Leaf by O. Henry
- The Last of the Troubadours by O. Henry
- The Lonesome Road by O. Henry
- The Lost Blend by O. Henry
- The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein by O. Henry
- The Making of a New Yorker by O. Henry
- The Marry Month of May by O. Henry
- The Memento by O. Henry
- The Moment of Victory by O. Henry
- The Passing of Black Eagle by O. Henry
- The Pendulum by O. Henry
- The Pimienta Pancakes by O. Henry
- The Plutonian Fire by O. Henry
- The Poet and the Peasant by O. Henry
- The Pride of the Cities by O. Henry
- The Purple Dress by O. Henry
- The Ransom of Mack by O. Henry
- The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry
- The Rathskeller and the Rose by O. Henry
- The Renaissance at Charleroi by O. Henry
- The Roads We Take by O. Henry
- The Robe of Peace by O. Henry
- The Romance of a Busy Broker by O. Henry
- The Rose of Dixie by O. Henry
- The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball by O. Henry
- The Shocks of Doom by O. Henry
- The Skylight Room by O. Henry
- The Sleuths by O. Henry
- The Social Triangle by O. Henry
- The Song and the Sergeant by O. Henry
- The Tale of a Tainted Tenner by O. Henry
- The Theory and the Hound by O. Henry
- The Thing’s the Play by O. Henry
- The Third Ingredient by O. Henry
- The Trimmed Lamp by O. Henry
- The Unknown Quantity by O. Henry
- The Venturers by O. Henry
- The Voice of the City by O. Henry
- The Whirligig of Life by O. Henry
- The World and the Door by O. Henry
- Thimble, Thimble by O. Henry
- To Him Who Waits by O. Henry
- Tobin’s Palm by O. Henry
- Tommy’s Burglar by O. Henry
- Transformation of Martin Burney by O. Henry
- Transients in Arcadia by O. Henry
- Two Renegades by O. Henry
- Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen by O. Henry
- Ulysses and the Dogman by O. Henry
- Vanity and Some Sables by O. Henry
- What You Want by O. Henry
- While the Auto Waits by O. Henry
- Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking by O. Henry
- Witches’ Loaves by O. Henry