Complete Works of O. Henry [Hardcover]

O. Henry (Author), William Lyon Phelps (Foreword)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1653 pages
• Publisher: Garden City Books; De Luxe Edition edition (1937)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000OK4AQG
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,756,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear, clean, easy to use, January 20, 2010

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Daniel Wisehart (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Works of O. Henry (Kindle Edition)

I am not sure if the reviewer who complained about the clarity was looking at a previous version, but the one I just downloaded looks great. Better yet the master table of contents lists the various collections of O Henry's work. Clicking on a collection takes you to a clickable table of contents for the collection. This makes navigation very easy for a "complete works" anthology. If you like O Henry, this is well worth owning.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Depressed? Take two O. Henrys!, January 1, 2009

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David L. Crosby "dave3c" (Enoch, Utah United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Works of O. Henry (De Luxe Edition) (Hardcover)

A hundred years ago when I went to school, "The ransom of Red Chief" was REQUIRED (gag me with a spoon!) reading.

I was an avid reading convert from then on.

This book is full of great stories (The Octopus Marooned, The Princess and the Puma, ...)and neat phrases ("He was the kind of guy that if he saw a dollar in another man's hand, he would take it as a personal insult, if he couldn't get it any other way." "He was as busy as a one armed paper hanger with the nettle rash.")

Do yourself a favor. Allow the Grand Master of the Short Story to fill your empty hours with pure delight.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Complete Works of O'Henry, September 1, 2009

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Mojoguy "Mojoguy" (Oxford, Ct USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Complete Works of O. Henry (Kindle Edition)

O'Henry wrote terrific short stories and he was noted for his twist(unexpected)
endings.
Fun read and you can read a whole story in short while since they are all short stories.
Two stories I loved: The Cabellero's Way(the famous movies and TV series the Cisco Kid was based on this only you will see that they took huge liberties with the character in the screen versions. The short story is far better. And The Ransom of Red Chief; about a horrendous child that is kidnapped. Only he is so aggravating that the story has unexpected results(very funny).