Mark Twain's Medieval Romance
“HENRY William Sidney Porter (1862–1910), under the pseudonym O. Henry, wrote more than 600 short stories and, with the possible exception of Edgar Allan Poe, is the most beloved short story writer America has produced.
Arrested for embezzlement from a bank in Austin, Texas, he served five years in an Ohio state penitentiary, where he was befriended by a guard named Orrin Henry, who in all likelihood inspired the famous pseudonym.
His stories have been criticized for being overly sentime...ntal, but they remain staples of the American literary canon. The master of the surprise ending, O. Henry has written such classics as “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Last Leaf,” “The Ransom of Red Chief,” and “A Retrieved Reformation,” which became better known when it was staged and later filmed as “Alias Jimmy Valentine.”
Other contributions to the mystery genre include The Gentle Grafter, selected for Queen’s Quorum as one of the 106 greatest mystery story collections of all time.MoreLess
Arrested for embezzlement from a bank in Austin, Texas, he served five years in an Ohio state penitentiary, where he was befriended by a guard named Orrin Henry, who in all likelihood inspired the famous pseudonym.
His stories have been criticized for being overly sentime...ntal, but they remain staples of the American literary canon. The master of the surprise ending, O. Henry has written such classics as “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Last Leaf,” “The Ransom of Red Chief,” and “A Retrieved Reformation,” which became better known when it was staged and later filmed as “Alias Jimmy Valentine.”
Other contributions to the mystery genre include The Gentle Grafter, selected for Queen’s Quorum as one of the 106 greatest mystery story collections of all time.MoreLess
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