O. Henry

La ambición del yanki vagabundo que se embarca en busca de fortuna y aventura, la soledad de los enfermos desahuciados que van a los sanatorios en busca de una ilusión, los trotamundos del interior de los Estados Unidos, que lo mismo son capaces de vender remedios magicos que de interpretar a Shakespeare, pero sobre todo el amor, ese amor que puede surgir incluso entre dos duros vaqueros del viejo Oeste, son los temas de estos Rolling Stones. Una coleccion de historias ineditas en su mayor parte que permite al lector acercarse a la obra de O. Henry; un estilista del lenguaje que usa los juegos de palabras, el doble sentido y la parodia, para mostrarnos las miserias y grandezas de sus personajes.Divertido e ingenioso.

Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.What does a poor young woman do when she loses her boyfriend or wants to find one? What little lies do we tell to make ourselves look better in the eyes of those that we love? How can a friend save someone who is sure that they are going to die? What happens when someone's clever plans go all wrong? These sweetly surprising short stories - about both good times and bad - are sometimes sad, and sometimes funny. But all of them are sure to make you think.

Una tradizionale storia di Natale con un finale decisamente imprevedibile, una coppia di squattrinati in cerca del regalo perfetto, una Vigilia di Natale nel selvaggio West, un barbone che cerca disperatamente di farsi arrestare per passare l''inverno al caldo e un altro che decide di emigrare al sud.Dal padre della short story americana, sei capolavori di delicatezza e ironia sul tema del Natale.

Step into the boarding houses and furnished rooms of New York City, or take a stroll around the park. Observe the tumult and glitter of Broadway on a Saturday night, and browse the silken stockings in Manhattans most exclusive store. Hop onto the Coney Island ferry to join the lovesick shop-girl, the drunken down-and-out, and the secret millionaire in the citys dance of folly and pleasure. Bringing to life the glamour and squalor of the 1900s, O. Henrys unmistakable tales are by turns hilarious or tragic, but always deeply poignant. As fresh and alive as the day they were written . . . He wrote so many good stories its hard to choose. - John SteinbeckA central figure in American popular literature. - Harold Bloom

Illus.: H. C. Greening and May Wilson Preston

In The Girl and the Graft O. Henry challenges the traditionally held expectations of a womans role in society. With his hallmark matter-of-fact wit, O. Henry questions the chasm between womens and mens socio-economic conditions in the newfound era of womens activism. The unfairness that the protagonist addresses is that men are the sole proprietors of "all the money in world." A must read for fans of satirical short stories and feminists alike. American short story master O. Henry is best known for his pithy, witty scores and surprise endings. In doing so he made commonplace experiences extraordinary and memorable. His work has been immortalised in the popular 1952 film O. Henrys Full House starring Fred Allen, Anne Baxter, Marilyn Monroe and Jeanne Crain.

"All right. I suppose you think Im spoiled by the city. Im as good a Westerner as you are, Greenbrier; but, somehow, I cant make up my mind to go back out there. New York is comfortable - comfortable. I make a good living, and I love it. No more wet blankets and riding herd in snowstorms, and bacon and cold coffee, and blowouts once in six months for me."An Arizona cowboy on a short visit to New York finds himself rubbing shoulders with an old friend- but finds the man deeply changed by his seven years living in the Big Apple. Can he convert him back to his old ways without alarming too many fellow New Yorkers?American short story master O. Henry is best known for his pithy, witty scores and surprise endings. In doing so he made commonplace experiences extraordinary and memorable. His work has been immortalised in the popular 1952 film O. Henrys Full House starring Fred Allen, Anne Baxter, Marilyn Monroe and Jeanne Crain.

Is it possible to get away with a fraud or the lies will catch up on you eventually?Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker are two swindlers who want to make money the easy way. Peters however wants to give something back in return in order to calm his guilty conscience.Will they get caught after one of their "smart" plans to trick and rob a Pittsburg Millionaire? Will Peters find the truth about Tucker? O. Henrys "Conscience in Art" has the answers.

O. Henry’s stories are very famous. He writes about New York, Texas, Oklahoma ... Money and love are often problems. But how is a story going to finish? You never know. Readers always remember his st

Los cuentos de O. Henry tienen una característica que los hace inconfundibles, su final con sorpresa. La última línea resuelve, siempre con maestría, una trama, compleja en su camino por los sentimientos pero clara en la descripcion de sus protagonistas. Jorge Luis Borges, que lo admiraba profundamente, dijo de el: Edgar Allan Poe sostenia que todo cuento debe redactarse en funcion de su desenlace; O. Henry exagero esta doctrina y llego asi al trick story, al relato en cuya linea final acecha una sorpresa. Esto no es un cuento y otros cuentos recoge doce historias de nitida escritura, sentido del humor paradojico y un estilo directo, con una tecnica que hoy llamariamos avant la lettre, cinematografica. O. Henry decia que en Nueva York hay cuatro millones de historias, las de sus cuatro millones de habitantes: desde el amor o mas bien la dura conquista de la mujer al negocio del heroismo, desde el periodismo a la caballerosidad sureñas, las leyes capitalistas de la oferta y la demanda o los indios civilizados que estudian griego y solo arrancan la cabellera de sus contrincantes en los partidos de futbol americano, sus narraciones cargadas de humor y de un enorme pragmatismo nos cuentan hechos insolitos en las vidas de gente corriente.

"Buried Treasure" is a story about rivalry and love, greed and trust, friends and enemies. Jim and Goodloe Banks fight for the love of May Mangum. Although they seem to be evil adversaries, they spend much of their time together trying to obtain even more details about her and her interests. Their plans however change when May disappears all of a sudden. Their love rival turns to a search mission.Is May the treasure they are not willing to let go? Will they unite in the name of the woman they love? Will they get the future they have longed for or they will be left with the bitter feeling of failure?