Fiction Books:

Roads of Destiny, Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking and Other Stories

Click to share your rating 0 ratings (0.0/5.0 average) Thanks for your vote!

By:

Format:

Paperback
$91.00
Available from supplier

The item is brand new and in-stock with one of our preferred suppliers. The item will ship from a Mighty Ape warehouse within the timeframe shown.

Usually ships in 2-3 weeks
Free Delivery with Primate
Join Now

Free 14 day free trial, cancel anytime.

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Afterpay is available on orders $100 to $2000 Learn more

6 weekly interest-free payments of $15.17 with Laybuy Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

  • Around 26 Apr - 8 May using International Courier

Description

1915. William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was the most popular short story writer of his time. His stories typically revolved around two of his favorite themes, the situation of the impostor and fate as the one unavoidable reality of life. Another device he used was the surprise ending, usually coming about through coincidence. He was the founder of the humorous weekly The Rolling Stone. When the weekly failed, he joined the Houston Post as a reporter and columnist. He was convicted of embezzling money, although there's much debate over his actual guilt, and while in prison he started to write short stories. His first work, Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking appeared in McClure's Magazine. After emerging from prison Porter changed his name to O. Henry. He then moved to New York and wrote a story a week for the New York World, also publishing in other magazines. For the most part his stories deal with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses and set in his contemporary present, the early years of the 20th century.

Table of Contents

Contents: Roads of Destiny; The Guardian of the Accolade; The Discounters of Money; The Enchanted Profile; Next to Reading Matter; Art and the Bronco; Phoebe, A Double-Dyed Deceiver; The Passing of Black Eagle; A Retrieved Reformation; Cherchez La Femme; Friends in San Rosario; The Fourth in Salvador; The Emancipation of Billy; The Enchanted Kiss; A Departmental Case; The Renaissance at Charleroi; On Behalf of the Management; Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking; The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss; Two Renegades; and The Lonesome Road. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
Release date NZ
August 19th, 2004
Author
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United States
Imprint
Kessinger Publishing Co
Pages
320
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing Co
Dimensions
152x229x18
ISBN-13
9781417943630
Product ID
2058245

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Help & options

Filed under...