Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Selected Stories

Autor O. Henry Introducere de Guy Davenport
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 noi 1993
Includes stories that discuss con men and tricksters and 'innocent' deceivers, about fate, luck, and coincidence, have delighted generations of readers. Set in New York and the West, in Central America and the South, this title demonstrates the author's speech and place, and highlights his appreciation of life's quirks.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 8181 lei

Preț vechi: 9661 lei
-15% Nou

Puncte Express: 123

Preț estimativ în valută:
1566 1652$ 1305£

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 13-24 decembrie
Livrare express 27 noiembrie-03 decembrie pentru 4328 lei

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780140186888
ISBN-10: 0140186883
Pagini: 544
Dimensiuni: 132 x 195 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

O. Henry

Cuprins

Selected StoriesIntroduction
Suggestions for Further Reading

From The Four Million (1906)
The Coming-Out of Maggie
A Service of Love
Between Rounds
An Unfinished Story
After Twenty Years
By Courier

From The Trimmed Lamp (1907)
The Pendulum
The Buyer from Cactus City
Brickdust Row
The Foreign Policy of Company 99
The Count and the Wedding Guest
The Country of Elusion

From Heart of the West (1907)
The Ransom of Mack
The Higher Abdication
A Call Loan
The Princess and the Puma
The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson
The Reformation of Calliope

From The Voice of the City (1908)
The Complete Life of Johns Hopkins
Doughtery's Eye-Opener
While the Auto Waits
The Defeat of the City
The Plutonian Fire
Squaring the Circle
The Fool-Killer
Transients in Arcadia
Extradited from Bohemia
From Each According to His Ability
The Memento

From The Gentle Grafter (1908)
Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet
Modern Rural Sports
The Man Higher Up
Hostages to Momus

From Roads of Destiny (1909)
The Guardian of the Accolade
Phoebe
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
A Retrieved Reformation
Friends in San Rosario
The Emancipation of Billy
A Departmental Case
The Renaissance at Charleroi
Two Renegades

From Options (1909)
"The Rose of Dixie"
Schools and Schools
Thimble, Thimble
The Moment of Victory
No Story

From Strictly Business (1910)
The Gold That Glittered
The Day Resurgent
The Thing's the Play
A Municipal Report
Proof of the Pudding
The Venturers

From Whirligigs (1910)
The Theory and the Hound
The Ransom of Red Chief
The Whirligig of Life
The Roads We Take
A Blackjack Bargainer
One Dollar's Worth
Madame Bo-Peep, of the Ranches

From Sixes and Sevens (1911)
Witches' Loaves
The Duplicity of Hargraves
October and June
The Church with an Overshot-Wheel

From Rolling Stones (1912)
The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear
The Marquis and Miss Sally

From Waifs and Strays (1917)
Out of Nazareth
Hearts and Hands