Rating: 4 starsCover synopsis: These stories are gems of their kind; mellow, humorous, ironic, ingenious, and shot through with that eminently salable quality known as "human interest."
This was a fun read! O. Henry stories are full of wit, humor, colorful characters and ironic twists.
This was a fun read! O. Henry stories are full of wit, humor, colorful characters and ironic twists.
Among my favorites were "Squaring the Circle" (wonderfully written and insightful), "The Last Leaf" (beautiful and tragic), "Transients in Arcadia" (interesting tale of anonymity in a big city), "The Ranson of Red Chief" (hilarious story about a pair of thugs who are bested by a small rambunctious boy), "Roads of Destiny" (insightful tale of life's pathways), and "Mammon and the Archer" (in which we learn that money really can buy time).
