O. Henry

41 Stories: 150th Anniversary Edition

by O. Henry & Burton Raffel

The Master of Irony

Readers the world over recognize O. Henry as the best short story writer of the early twentieth century. Widely known as a master of irony, O. Henry also displays here dazzling wordplay...

The Classic Humor Megapack: 45 Short Stories and Poems

by O. Henry, Saki & Ellis Parker Butler

From Mark Twain to O. Henry, from Saki to Washington Irving-The Classic Humor Megapack reels in no less than 45 classic short stories and poems sure to amuse. Read and laugh!

Included are:

THE STRIKE OF ONE,...

The Gift of the Magi

by O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi is a short story, about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a...

A Dance of Folly and Pleasure

by O. Henry

Step into the boarding houses and furnished rooms of New York City, or take a stroll around the park. Observe the tumult and glitter of Broadway on a Saturday night, and browse the silken stockings in Manhattan’s...

Stories by O. Henry

by O. Henry

Tales of laughter and tears, love and loss...

Tales of old and young, rich and poor, the best and the worst...

Tales of lies and truth, selfishness and sacrifice, loyalty and betrayal...

O'Henry's stories are set...

Selected Stories

by O. Henry & Guy Davenport

William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) published all of his work—a novel and some 300 short stories—under the pseudonym 0. Henry. His talent for vivid caricature, local tone, narrative agility, and compassion...

The Best Short Stories of O. Henry

by O. Henry, Bennett Cerf & Van H. Cartmell

The more than 600 stories written by O. Henry provided an embarrassment of riches for the compilers of this volume.  The final selection of the thirty-eight stories in this collection offers for the reader's...