I was trying to pick my favorite O’Henry story and settled on “The Retrieved Reformation,” about Jimmy Valentine, former safecracker. Of course that meant I might not be suggesting an O’Henry collection that included “The Gift of the Magi” or “The Ransom of Red Chief” – O’Henry’s two best known short stories—unless all three were in the same collection.
But I could not figure out which O’Henry collection contained had my favorite story . . . so a creative solution was needed.
For only 89 cents you can get The Complete Works of O. Henry with a linked index. (£0.71 UK edition) (EUR 1,61 Deutsch edition) This way you can decide for yourself which is the best O’Henry story! Downloading “The Gift of the Magi,” (UK Edition) I found out it was only that story – a sort of ur-Kindle’s single. If that is the only story you want, you can download it for free.
P.S. O’Henry is the pen name of William Sydney Porter.
For only 89 cents you can get The Complete Works of O. Henry with a linked index. (£0.71 UK edition) (EUR 1,61 Deutsch edition) This way you can decide for yourself which is the best O’Henry story! Downloading “The Gift of the Magi,” (UK Edition) I found out it was only that story – a sort of ur-Kindle’s single. If that is the only story you want, you can download it for free.
P.S. O’Henry is the pen name of William Sydney Porter.
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Yes, it's absolutely neccessary to have the complete works. :) My own personal favorite is "Friends In San Rosario." As a matter of fact, I'm in the middle of doing a weekly countdown of my top ten favorites on my blog.
ReplyDeleteVery nice! There is a building in San Antonio, called the O'Henry House. It actually was not his house, but where he worked on his magazine for a brief period. Texas Public Radio had an interesting piece on the building a few weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteYou can follow Elizabeth's O'Henry count down on her blog, here: http://thesecondsentence.blogspot.com/2011/05/top-ten-o-henry-6-pimienta-pancakes.html