O Henry

1862 - 1910 *

American short story writer, whose ingenious and often humourous stories about everyday life made him enormously popular in the nineteenth century

Prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Typical for O. Henry's stories is a twist of plot which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance. Although some critics were not so enthusiastic about his work, the public loved it.

"It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are."

William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born in Greenboro, North Carolina. His father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was a physician. When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by... [read entire biography]

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A Municipal Report and A Jury of Her Peers -- Comparisons and contrasts relating to human life.
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The better day, the worse deed. -- Commentaries. Genesis iii.

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Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours that are but skin-deep. -- Commentaries. Genesis iii.

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So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish that he did not only sigh but roar. -- Commentaries. Job iii.

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To their own second thoughts. -- Commentaries. Job vi.

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He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel. -- Commentaries. Psalm xxxvi.

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Our creature comforts. -- Commentaries. Psalm xxxvii.

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None so deaf as those that will not hear. -- Commentaries. Psalm lviii.

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They that die by famine die by inches. -- Commentaries. Psalm lix.

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To fish in troubled waters. -- Commentaries. Psalm lx.

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Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore called the staff of life. -- Commentaries. Psalm civ.

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