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O. Henry Short Stories, Vol. 1

By: O. Henry, William Sydney Porter
Narrated by: Bob Thomley
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O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and clever twist endings. Includes: "The Last Leaf", " The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein", "The Caliph, Cupid, and the Clock", "The Brief Debut of Tildy", "The Higher Abdication", "The Ransom of Red Chief", "One Dollar’s Worth", "Cupid a la Carte", "Girl", "Springtime a la Carte", "The Ethics of Pig", "The Social Triangle", "Witches' Loaves", "The Romance of the Busy Broker", "The Making of a New Yorker", "Squaring the Circle", "A Lickpenny Lover", "The Gift of the Magi", "Confessions of a Humorist", "The Last of the Troubadours", "The Furnished Room", "The Pride of the Cities", "A Retrieved Reformation", and "The Cop and the Anthem".

Public Domain (P)2011 Trout Lake Media
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Wonderful story teller

What a wonderful story teller. an articulate, imaginative, intelligent, informative, entertaining, beautifully narrated work of art.

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A great book at a great price

This is worth the $3 price. O Henry's stories hold up really well and it is kind of funny to pick out all the tropes that people have borrowed and used in their own writting and films/tv. There is nothing wrong with the Narration. Definite reccomendation.

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