Cabbages and Kings

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The Floating Press, 1 feb 2012 - 210 pagine
As the result of a run-in with the law, struggling American writer William Sydney Porter chose to make a dash for the border in 1896. During the several months he spent in Honduras, Porter had enough time on his hands to begin exploring his talent for writing, which up until then had been merely a hobby. The result was the group of stories that are collected in Cabbages and Kings. Though most of these pieces were written before Porter assumed the pseudonym O. Henry, they all bear the author's genius for characterization and clever plot twists.

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The Proem by the Carpenter
5
I FoxInTheMorning
10
II The Lotus and the Bottle
20
III Smith
33
IV Caught
46
V Cupids Exile Number Two
61
VI The Phonograph and the Graft
68
VII Money Maze
83
X The Shamrock and the Palm
116
XI The Remnants of the Code
136
XII Shoes
147
XIII Ships
159
XIV Masters of Arts
169
XV Dicky
187
XVI Rouge et Noir
201
XVII Two Recalls
212

VIII The Admiral
95
IX The Flag Paramount
104
XVIII The Vitagraphoscope
222
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Informazioni sull'autore (2012)

O. Henry is the pen name of William Sidney Porter, who was born on September 11, 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Porter was a licensed pharmacist and worked on a sheep ranch in Texas. He was a draftsman for the General Land Office and a teller for the First National Bank of Texas. He was convicted of embezzlement and eventually served five years in prison. While in prison, he began writing short stories under his pseudonym and eventually wrote over 300. As O. Henry, Porter is one of America's best known writers, and his stories, such as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief", are still taught in schools. In 1918, the O. Henry Awards, an annual anthology of short stories, was established in his honor. Porter died on June 5, 1910.

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TitoloCabbages and Kings
AutoreO. Henry
EditoreThe Floating Press, 2012
ISBN1775456749, 9781775456742
Lunghezza210 pagine
  
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