The proposed collection of literary works by O. Henry (William Sidney Porter, 1862—1910), besides the story “The Ransom of Red Chief”, includes such masterpieces of his creative heritage as “The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson”, “A Blackjack Bargainer”, “A Retrieved Reformation” and others. Many of them were screened more than once. Behind the alternation of adventures and situations, humor, irony or sarcasm, there expressively arise the author’s reflections on human being, their aspirations for love, kindness, and happiness. The author’s inexhaustible creative imagination strikes the reader. As a rule, his stories have a sudden ending. They enrapture and move, and what is most important, they always bear optimism and give hope.The Ransom of Red Chief...................................... 3Between Rounds.................................................. 18Mammon and the Archer..................................... 26The Romance of a Busy Broker........................... 35The Brief dй But of Tildy..................................... 41The Ransom of Mack.......................................... 49The Handbook of Hymen..................................... 57The Pimienta Pancakes........................................ 72The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson........... 85Christmas by Injunction........................................ 96The Guilty Party................................................. 111While the Auto Waits......................................... 120Transients in Arcadia.......................................... 127The Rathskeller and the Rose............................. 135The Enchanted Profile........................................ 142A Double-Dyed Deceiver.................................. 152A Retrieved Reformation.................................... 167The Third Ingredient........................................... 177Proof of the Pudding.......................................... 193“What You Want”............................................. 206The Whirligig of Life........................................... 214A Blackjack Bargainer....................................... 222Witches’ Loaves................................................ 241Jimmy Hayes and Muriel.................................... 246 Код: 9786170702777 , 978-617-07-0277-7 Автор О. Генрі