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The Memento

Description: Short story about two former Broadway actresses.
Date: February 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Buried Treasure

Description: Short story developed during O. Henry's time working as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office.
Date: July 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Rouge et Noire

Description: 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."
Date: December 1901
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

The Flag Paramount

Description: A short story set in Central America and based on O. Henry's experiences in Honduras in the late 1890s.
Date: January 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

October and June

Description: A short story about the age difference between a captain and the woman he is courting.
Date: June 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Remorse

Description: A three-stanza poem by O. Henry and published under the pen name S. H. Peters.
Date: July 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

At Arms with Morpheus

Description: A short story about two young medical students.
Date: October 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

The World and the Door

Description: A short story about a New York broker who flees to Central America.
Date: August 1907
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

"What You Want"

Description: A short story about a wealthy man and a hat-cleaner in New York City.
Date: September 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

The Discounters of Money

Description: A short story about a young millionaire in New York City.
Date: October 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

The Enchanted Profile

Description: A short story about a wealthy woman and a young typist.
Date: November 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

A Retrieved Reform

Description: A short story about Jimmy Valentine, a young safe-cracker.
Date: April 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

A Fog in Santone

Description: A short story set in San Antonio. "The only story by O. Henry not hitherto published--the last echo of his days of popularity."
Date: October 1912
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

The Quest of Soapy

Description: "This is one of the best and most characteristic of the sketches of lower New York life by O. Henry...The story under another title--"The Cop and the Anthem"--appears in the collection of O. Henry's stories, "The Four Million."
Date: November 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

The Marionettes

Description: Short story about a doctor who leads a double-life as a burglar.
Date: April 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

To Him Who Waits

Description: Short story about a hermit living in the Catskills.
Date: January 1909
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Adventures in Neurasthenia

Description: Short story written by O. Henry when he was in residence in Asheville, North Carolina and addresses themes of alcoholism and the author's relationship with his father.
Date: July 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

The Crucible

Description: Three-stanza poem by O. Henry. "O. Henry's last poem...One of two poems found in a notebook after his death."
Date: September 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

O. Henry's Last Story

Description: Partially finished short story about a criminal on death row. O. Henry was unable to complete this story before his death. Story illustrated with facsimiles of the original manuscript.
Date: September 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

A Dinner at _____

Description: Short story set in New York.
Date: June 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
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