O. Henry

Author 43 / Writer 4 · 1899 – 2012 · 🎬 4 📖 43

William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction. His works include "The Gift of the Magi", "The Caballero's Way", "The Duplicity of Hargraves", and "The Ransom of Red Chief", as well as the novel Cabbages and Kings. Porter's stories are known for their naturalist observations, witty narration, and surprise endings.

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Highlights

Great American Short Stories

2012

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level

2002

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver

2002

Frequent Collaborators

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Edgar Allan Poe

18 shared

Mark Twain

16 shared

Bret Harte

11 shared

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Ambrose Bierce

11 shared

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

10 shared

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Stephen Crane

9 shared

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🎬 Movies

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The Gay Amigo

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1950

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Lucky Cisco Kid

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1940

The Texan

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1930

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Madame Bo-Peep

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1917

📖 Books

Great American Short Stories

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2012

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level

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2002

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver

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2002

American Classic Collection (Birthmark / Gift of the Magi / Masque of the Red Death / Yellow Wallpaper)

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1999

The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time

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1998

The Raven and the Monkey's Paw

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1998

Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold

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1994

Prentice Hall Literature--Silver

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1991

Short Stories

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1989

The gift of the Magi and other stories

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1987

41 Stories

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1984

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Four stories

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1983

Classic Short Stories

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1982

Collected stories of O. Henry

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1979

Classic American Short Stories

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1978

Great American Short Stories [34 stories]

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1977

Great Short Stories of the World

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1972

The Penguin Book of American Short Stories

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1971

Tales of O. Henry

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1969

Classic American Short Stories

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1964

Understanding fiction -- Second Edition

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1959

Great American Short Stories

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1957

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition

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1952

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The best short stories of O. Henry

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1945

The Best of O. Henry

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1929

The best American humorous short stories

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1920

The Ransom of Red Chief

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1918

A Book of Short Stories

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1914

Sixes and Sevens

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1911

Whirligigs

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1910

Rolling Stones

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1910

Strictly business; more stories of the four million

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1910

Roads of destiny

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1909

Options

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1909

The voice of the city, further stories of the four million

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1908

The gentle grafter

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1908

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The four million

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1908

The trimmed lamp, and other stories of the four million

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1907

The gift of the Magi

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1906

The Four Million

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1906

Life with Father

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1904

Cabbages and Kings

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1904

The complete works of O. Henry [pseud.]

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1899

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