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O. Henry

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

  1. A Bird of Bagdad by O. Henry
  2. A Blackjack Bargainer by O. Henry
  3. A Chaparral Christmas Gift by O. Henry
  4. A Comedy in Rubber by O. Henry
  5. A Cosmopolite in a Café by O. Henry
  6. A Departmental Case by O. Henry
  7. A Double-Dyed Deceiver by O. Henry
  8. A Ghost of a Chance by O. Henry
  9. A Harlem Tragedy by O. Henry
  10. A Lickpenny Lover by O. Henry
  11. A Little Local Colour by O. Henry
  12. A Madison Square Arabian Night by O. Henry
  13. A Matter of Mean Elevation by O. Henry
  14. A Midsummer Knight’s Dream by O. Henry
  15. A Municipal Report by O. Henry
  16. A Newspaper Story by O. Henry
  17. A Night in New Arabia by O. Henry
  18. A Philistine in Bohemia by O. Henry
  19. A Poor Rule by O. Henry
  20. A Ramble in Aphasia by O. Henry
  21. A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry
  22. A Sacrifice Hit by O. Henry
  23. A Service Of Love by O. Henry
  24. A Technical Error by O. Henry
  25. According to Their Lights by O. Henry
  26. After Twenty Years by O. Henry
  27. An Adjustment of Nature by O. Henry
  28. An Afternoon Miracle by O. Henry
  29. An Unfinished Story by O. Henry
  30. Art and the Bronco by O. Henry
  31. At Arms with Morpheus by O. Henry
  32. Babes in the Jungle by O. Henry
  33. Best Seller by O. Henry
  34. Between Rounds by O. Henry
  35. Blind Man’s Holiday by O. Henry
  36. Brickdust Row by O. Henry
  37. Buried Treasure by O. Henry
  38. By Courier by O. Henry
  39. Calloway’s Code by O. Henry
  40. Cherchez la Femme by O. Henry
  41. Compliments of the Season by O. Henry
  42. Dougherty’s Eye-Opener by O. Henry
  43. Elsie in New York by O. Henry
  44. Extradited from Bohemia by O. Henry
  45. Friends in San Rosario by O. Henry
  46. From Each According to His Ability by O. Henry
  47. From the Cabby’s Seat by O. Henry
  48. Georgia’s Ruling by O. Henry
  49. Girl by O. Henry
  50. He Also Serves by O. Henry
  51. Hearts and Crosses by O. Henry
  52. Hearts and Hands by O. Henry
  53. Holding Up a Train by O. Henry
  54. Hygeia at the Solito by O. Henry
  55. Jimmy Hayes and Muriel by O. Henry
  56. Law and Order by O. Henry
  57. Let Me Feel Your Pulse by O. Henry
  58. Little Speck in Garnered Fruit by O. Henry
  59. Lost on Dress Parade by O. Henry
  60. Madame Bo-peep, of the Ranches by O. Henry
  61. Makes the Whole World Kin by O. Henry
  62. Mammon and the Archer by O. Henry
  63. Man About Town by O. Henry
  64. Masters of Arts by O. Henry
  65. Memoirs of a Yellow Dog by O. Henry
  66. Nemesis and the Candy Man by O. Henry
  67. New York by Camp Fire Light by O. Henry
  68. Next to Reading Matter by O. Henry
  69. No Story by O. Henry
  70. October and June by O. Henry
  71. On Behalf of the Management by O. Henry
  72. One Dollar’s Worth by O. Henry
  73. One Thousand Dollars by O. Henry
  74. Past One at Rooney’s by O. Henry
  75. Phoebe by O. Henry
  76. Proof of the Pudding by O. Henry
  77. Psyche and the Pskyscraper by O. Henry
  78. Roads of Destiny by O. Henry
  79. Roses, Ruses and Romance by O. Henry
  80. Rus in Urbe by O. Henry
  81. Schools and Schools by O. Henry
  82. Seats of the Haughty by O. Henry
  83. Sisters of the Golden Circle by O. Henry
  84. Sociology in Serge and Straw by O. Henry
  85. Springtime Á La Carte by O. Henry
  86. Squaring the circle by O. Henry
  87. Strictly Business by O. Henry
  88. Suite Homes and Their Romance by O. Henry
  89. Supply and Demand by O. Henry
  90. Telemachus, Friend by O. Henry
  91. The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes by O. Henry
  92. The Assessor of Success by O. Henry
  93. The Badge of Policeman O’Roon by O. Henry
  94. The Brief Début of Tildy by O. Henry
  95. The Buyer From Cactus City by O. Henry
  96. The Caliph and the Cad by O. Henry
  97. The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock by O. Henry
  98. The Call of the Tame by O. Henry
  99. The Champion of the Weather by O. Henry
  100. The Church with an Overshot Wheel by O. Henry
  101. The City of Dreadful Night by O. Henry
  102. The Clarion Call by O. Henry
  103. The Coming-Out of Maggie by O. Henry
  104. The Complete Life of John Hopkins by O. Henry
  105. The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry
  106. The Count and the Wedding Guest by O. Henry
  107. The Country of Elusion by O. Henry
  108. The Day Resurgent by O. Henry
  109. The Day We Celebrate by O. Henry
  110. The Defeat of the City by O. Henry
  111. The Diamond of Kali by O. Henry
  112. The Discounters of Money by O. Henry
  113. The Door of Unrest by O. Henry
  114. The Duel by O. Henry
  115. The Duplicity of Hargraves by O. Henry
  116. The Easter of the Soul by O. Henry
  117. The Emancipation of Billy by O. Henry
  118. The Enchanted Kiss by O. Henry
  119. The Enchanted Profile by O. Henry
  120. The Ferry of Unfulfilment by O. Henry
  121. The Fifth Wheel by O. Henry
  122. The Fool Killer by O. Henry
  123. The Foreign Policy of Company 99 by O. Henry
  124. The Fourth in Salvador by O. Henry
  125. The Furnished Room by O. Henry
  126. The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
  127. The Girl and the Graft by O. Henry
  128. The Girl and the Habit by O. Henry
  129. The Gold that Glittered by O. Henry
  130. The Greater Coney by O. Henry
  131. The Green Door by O. Henry
  132. The Guardian of the Accolade by O. Henry
  133. The Guilty Party by O. Henry
  134. The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss by O. Henry
  135. The Handbook of Hymen by O. Henry
  136. The Harbinger by O. Henry
  137. The Head Hunter by O. Henry
  138. The Hiding of Black Bill by O. Henry
  139. The Higher Pragmatism by O. Henry
  140. The Hypotheses of Failure by O. Henry
  141. The Lady Higher Up by O. Henry
  142. The Last Leaf by O. Henry
  143. The Last of the Troubadours by O. Henry
  144. The Lonesome Road by O. Henry
  145. The Lost Blend by O. Henry
  146. The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein by O. Henry
  147. The Making of a New Yorker by O. Henry
  148. The Marry Month of May by O. Henry
  149. The Memento by O. Henry
  150. The Moment of Victory by O. Henry
  151. The Passing of Black Eagle by O. Henry
  152. The Pendulum by O. Henry
  153. The Pimienta Pancakes by O. Henry
  154. The Plutonian Fire by O. Henry
  155. The Poet and the Peasant by O. Henry
  156. The Pride of the Cities by O. Henry
  157. The Purple Dress by O. Henry
  158. The Ransom of Mack by O. Henry
  159. The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry
  160. The Rathskeller and the Rose by O. Henry
  161. The Renaissance at Charleroi by O. Henry
  162. The Roads We Take by O. Henry
  163. The Robe of Peace by O. Henry
  164. The Romance of a Busy Broker by O. Henry
  165. The Rose of Dixie by O. Henry
  166. The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball by O. Henry
  167. The Shocks of Doom by O. Henry
  168. The Skylight Room by O. Henry
  169. The Sleuths by O. Henry
  170. The Social Triangle by O. Henry
  171. The Song and the Sergeant by O. Henry
  172. The Tale of a Tainted Tenner by O. Henry
  173. The Theory and the Hound by O. Henry
  174. The Thing’s the Play by O. Henry
  175. The Third Ingredient by O. Henry
  176. The Trimmed Lamp by O. Henry
  177. The Unknown Quantity by O. Henry
  178. The Venturers by O. Henry
  179. The Voice of the City by O. Henry
  180. The Whirligig of Life by O. Henry
  181. The World and the Door by O. Henry
  182. Thimble, Thimble by O. Henry
  183. To Him Who Waits by O. Henry
  184. Tobin’s Palm by O. Henry
  185. Tommy’s Burglar by O. Henry
  186. Transformation of Martin Burney by O. Henry
  187. Transients in Arcadia by O. Henry
  188. Two Renegades by O. Henry
  189. Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen by O. Henry
  190. Ulysses and the Dogman by O. Henry
  191. Vanity and Some Sables by O. Henry
  192. What You Want by O. Henry
  193. While the Auto Waits by O. Henry
  194. Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking by O. Henry
  195. Witches’ Loaves by O. Henry

More

  1. Summary of O. Henry’s The Cop and the Anthem
  2. Summary of O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi

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