短篇小说 | Hearts And Hands
Hearts and Hands was originally published under his pseudonym, Sidney Porter, in 1902. The story is full of twists and wordplay, as was O.Henry's own life.
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短篇小说 | Fat And Thin
Two friends -- one a fat man and the other a thin man -- met at the Nikolaevsky station.
短篇小说 | Ex Oblivione
In my dreams I found a little of the beauty I had vainly sought in life, and wandered through old gardens and enchanted woods.
短篇小说 | A Blunder
ILYA SERGEITCH PEPLOV and his wife Kleopatra Petrovna were standing at the door, listening greedily.
短篇小说 | The Coming of the King
OME children were at play in their play-ground one day, when a herald rode through the town, blowing a trumpet, and crying aloud, “The King! the King passes by this road to-day. Make ready for the King!”
短篇小说 | One Summer Night
The fact that Henry Armstrong was buried did not seem to him to prove that he was dead: he had always been a hard man to convince.
短篇小说 | The Night Came Slowly
I am losing my interest in human beings; in the significance of their lives and their actions.
短篇小说 | Boule de Suif
First published in April 1880, "Boule de Suif" is one of Guy de Maupassant's most famous and important short stories. The term "Boule de Suif" is most often translated to English as "Dumpling" but also sees the forms; "Butterball", "Ball of Lard", and "Ball of Fat."
短篇小说 | Xingu
Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet alone. To this end she had founded the Lunch Club, an association composed of herself and several other indomitable huntresses of erudition.
短篇小说 | The Verdict
I had always thought Jack Gisburn rather a cheap genius -- though a good fellow enough -- so it was no great surprise to me to hear that, in the height of his glory, he had dropped his painting, married a rich widow, and established himself in a villa on the Riviera. (Though I rather thought it would have been Rome or Florence.)
