O. Henry Collection - 220 Matching Results
Search Results
- The Ransom of Mack
- Short story about two hustlers.
- A Tempered Wind
- Short story about a grafter named Buckingham Skinner.
- Two Renegades
- A man recounts a story from his visit to Panama.
- A Dinner at _____
- Short story set in New York.
- The Missing Chord: a Tale of Texas
- Short story set on a sheep ranch in Texas.
- The Door of Unrest
- Short story about a newspaper editor.
- The Emancipation of Billy
- Short story set in the southern United States.
- Holding up a Train
- Short story about holding up a train. A preface by O. Henry says "The man who told me these things was for several years an outlaw in the Southwest...I give the story in almost exactly his own words."
- The Enchanted Kiss
- Short story set in San Antonio
- Cabbages and Kings
- This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which were inspired by the author's six-month stay in Honduras in the late 1890s.
- The Hypothesis of Failure
- A short story set in a lawyer's office.
- The Pimienta Pancakes
- A cow camp cook tells a story about a pancake recipe.
- The Sphinx Apple
- Short story about a group of travelers stopped for the night.
- At Arms with Morpheus
- A short story about two young medical students.
- The Lotus and the Cockleburrs
- Short story set in the Spanish Main.
- The Princess and the Puma
- Short story set on a ranch in Texas.
- The Lonesome Road
- A short story set in Texas.
- Tobin's Palm
- Short story about a boy who gets his palm read.
- The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear
- Short story about the character Jeff Peters.
- A Call Loan
- Short story set in Texas.
- The Fourth in Salvador
- Short story about a man celebrating July Fourth in South America.
- Jimmy Hayes and Muriel
- Short story about a company of Texas Rangers.
- Remorse
- A three-stanza poem by O. Henry and published under the pen name S. H. Peters.
- The Whirligig of Life
- Short story about a couple's divorce and remarriage.
- The Marquis and Miss Sally
- Short story set in Texas.
- October and June
- A short story about the age difference between a captain and the woman he is courting.
- The Guardian of the Scutcheon
- Short story about a bank porter.
- One Dollar's Worth
- Short story about a counterfeiting case.
- A Retrieved Reform
- A short story about Jimmy Valentine, a young safe-cracker.
- Hygeia at the Solito
- Short story set in San Antonio, Texas.
- The Phonograph and the Graft
- Story in which two grifters decide to introduce the phonograph to South America.
- A Ghost of Chance
- Short story about a ghost.
- The Roads of Destiny
- A short story about a traveling poet.
- Hearts and Hands
- Short story about a marshal and a prisoner.
- The Cactus
- Short story about a young bachelor.
- The Renaissance at Charleroi
- Short story about a clerk in New Orleans.
- Round the Circle
- Short story set in Texas.
- The Struggle of the Outliers
- A short story about two men fighting over the same woman.
- An Afternoon Miracle
- Short story set along the Texas/Mexico border.
- Madame Bo-Peep, of the Ranches
- Short story set in Texas.
- His Courier
- A short story about a boy tasked with delivering a message.
- [Handwritten letter from F.M. Maddox to W.S. Porter (O. Henry)]
- F. M. Maddox's reply to O. Henry's request for Maddox to lend him seventy-five dollars. Maddox asks if it's possible for O. Henry to get the money from his friend in New York.
- The Marionettes
- Short story about a doctor who leads a double-life as a burglar.
- [Handwritten letter from O. Henry to F.M. Maddox]
- Handwritten letter from O. Henry asking F.M. Maddox to loan him $75 to relocate to New York City from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- The Passing of Black Eagle
- A short story set in Texas.
- The Flag Paramount
- A short story set in Central America and based on O. Henry's experiences in Honduras in the late 1890s.
- The Lotos and the Bottle
- Short story about a consul for the United States.
- Bulger's Friend
- Short story about an old man who joins the Salvation Army.
- Rouge et Noire
- A short story about the banana trade in Central America based on O. Henry's experiences in Honduras in the late 1890s. This is perhaps the first instance of O. Henry's use of the term "banana republic."
- A Blackjack Bargainer
- Short story about a family feud.