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    The Complete Poems of O. Henry: Including a Biography of the Author
    The Complete Poems of O. Henry: Including a Biography of the Author
    The Complete Poems of O. Henry: Including a Biography of the Author
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    The Complete Poems of O. Henry: Including a Biography of the Author

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    Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Complete Poems of O. Henry". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
    William Sydney Porter (1862–1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's works are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings.
    Contents:
    A Contribution
    Chanson De Bohême
    Drop a Tear in This Slot
    Hard to Forget
    Nothing to Say
    Tamales
    The Lullaby Boy
    The Murderer
    The Old Farm
    The Pewee
    Two Portraits
    Vanity
    Sleeping
    Fancies
    Trusting
    Thoughts
    Thinking
    The Crucible
    Biography of O. Henry
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMusaicum Books
    Release dateDec 6, 2017
    ISBN9788027235438
    The Complete Poems of O. Henry: Including a Biography of the Author
    Author

    O. Henry

    O. Henry (1862-1910) was an American short story writer. Born and raised in North Carolina, O. Henry—whose real name was William Sydney Porter—moved to Texas in 1882 in search of work. He met and married Athol Estes in Austin, where he became well known as a musician and socialite. In 1888, Athol gave birth to a son who died soon after, and in 1889 a daughter named Margaret was born. Porter began working as a teller and bookkeeper at the First National Bank of Austin in 1890 and was fired four years later and accused of embezzlement. Afterward, he began publishing a satirical weekly called The Rolling Stone, but in 1895 he was arrested in Houston following an audit of his former employer. While waiting to stand trial, Henry fled to Honduras, where he lived for six months before returning to Texas to surrender himself upon hearing of Athol’s declining health. She died in July of 1897 from tuberculosis, and Porter served three years at the Ohio Penitentiary before moving to Pittsburgh to care for his daughter. While in prison, he began publishing stories under the pseudonym “O. Henry,” finding some success and launching a career that would blossom upon his release with such short stories as “The Gift of the Magi” (1905) and “The Ransom of Red Chief” (1907). He is recognized as one of America’s leading writers of short fiction, and the annual O. Henry Award—which has been won by such writers as William Faulkner, John Updike, and Eudora Welty—remains one of America’s most prestigious literary prizes.

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