The Creative Works of O. Henry 14 Audiobooks of Short Stories in 1 MP3 Audio DVD

Description: These discs contain MP3 files to play on your computer (PC or Mac) or compatible player. please check your devices documentation for compatibility. The Creative Works of O. Henry 14 Audiobooks of Short Stories in 1 MP3 Audio DVD O. Henry(1862 - 1910)William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. Cabbages and KingsRead by Elliot Gage and Eric MetzlerRunning Time:06:25:02 This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which were inspired by the author's six-month stay in Honduras in the late 1890s. "The incidents embracing as they do, a variety of subjects, hang loosely together, so loosely in fact, that at times one finds no apparent connection between them at all, and yet in the end one sees how each is intimately related to the other. ...Written by a less able hand than O. Henry's the book might have been a sad jumble, perhaps comprehensible to none but the Walrus--but as it is, one finds a joy in its every obscurity." -- The New York Times Book Review, Dec. 17, 1904) Great mysteries are often meta-mysteries. For over a century this novel has masqueraded as a collection of loosely connected short stories. Looking backwards through a prism (now a commonplace critical contortion) Cabbages and Kings foreshadows many shadings: "At Swim-Two-Birds", "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote", "Tyrants Destroyed", "The Continuity of Parks". Five Beloved StoriesRead by Phil ChenevertRunning Time:1:16:26O. Henry wrote over 600 short stories. Naturally I have my personal top 20 stories that just seem to stand out because of their form, writing style and ability to convey real personalities in a very few words. From these 20 I've chosen five that seem outstanding examples of the short story art form. Stories like The Gift of the Magi; The Cop and the Anthem; Man about Town; A Cosmopolite in a Cafe and Mammon and the Archer. Heart of the WestRead by Bob Neufeld, Ellen Preckel, Steven Bateman, Gabriela Cowan, Phil Schempf, Walt Allan, Rebecca Braunert-Plunkett, Lynne Ray, Jeff Machato, Lynne Thompson, Elliot Gage, Sam Naishtat, Gary Wendle and BretRunning Time:08:26:09A collection of short stories by the legendary O. Henry.01 - Hearts And Crosses02 - The Ransom of Mack03 - Telemachus, Friend04 - The Handbook Of Hymen05 - The Pimienta Pancakes06 - Seats Of The Haughty07 - Hygeia At The Solito08 - An Afternoon Miracle09 - The Higher Abdication10 - Cupid A La Carte11 - The Caballero's Way12 - The Sphinx Apple13 - The Missing Chord14 - A Call Loan15 - The Princess And The Puma16 - The Indian Summer Of Dry Valley Johnson17 - Christmas By Injunction18 - A Chaparral Prince19 - The Reformation Of Calliope O. Henry EncoreRead by Thom Hand and Phil SchempfRunning Time:07:07:56 These 45 early stories, sketches and poems by the famed O. Henry, nearly all published under the pseudonym of the "Post Man", were discovered in the files of the Houston Post, 1895-1896, by Mary Sunlocks Harrell while she was conducting research in 1934-35 for her M.A. degree at the University of Texas. These writings were published just before O. Henry, or Will Porter as he was known at that time, fled to Honduras in July of 1896 after being charged with embezzlement. Preface & IntroductionA Night ErrantIn MezzotintThe Dissipated JewelerHow Willie Saved FatherThe Mirage on the FrioA TragedySufficient ProvocationThe Bruised ReedPaderewski’s HairA Mystery of Many CenturiesA Strange CaseSimmon’s Saturday NightAn Unknown RomanceJack the Giant KillerThe Pint FlaskAn Odd CharacterA Houston RomanceThe Legend of San JacintoBinkley’s Practical School of JournalismA New MicrobeVereton VillaWhiskey Did ItNothing New Under the SunLed AstrayA Story for MenHow She Got in the SwimThe Barber TalksBarbershop AdventureDid You See the Circus?Thanksgiving RemarksWhen the Train Comes InChristmas EveNew Year’s EveWatchman, What of the Night?Newspaper PoetsTopical VerseCape JessaminesThe CricketMy BronchoThe Modern VenusCelestial SoundsThe SnowHer Choice“Little Things, but Ain’t They Whizzers?”Last Fall of the Alamo O. HenryanaRead by Phil SchempfRunning Time:01:13:23 A book of poems and short stories.The CrucibleA Lunar EpisodeThree ParagraphsBulger’s FriendA Professional SecretThe Elusive TenderloinThe Struggle of the Outliers OptionsRead by Michele Fry, Ed Humpal, Aaron Walsh, Tovarisch, Chris Pyle, J. E. Vorble, Roxanne Weber, Jim Cotter and Larry WilsonRunning Time:07:14:12O. Henry needs no introduction of course; the man who made the short story with the surprise ending famous. These 16 stories are all wonderful examples of his word sculpting art. They include: "The Rose of Dixie"; The Third Ingredient; The Hiding of Black Bill; Schools and Schools; Thimble, Thimble; Supply and Demand; Buried Treasure; To Him Who Waits; He Also Serves; The Moment of Victory; The Head-Hunter; No Story; The Higher Pragmatism; Best-Seller; Rus in Urbe; A Poor Rule. Roads of DestinyRead by Scott Foster; Phil Schempf; Craig Van NessRunning Time:09:05:34This is another collection of O. Henry short stories.Roads Of Destiny The Guardian Of The AccoladeThe Discounters Of MoneyThe Enchanted ProfileNext To Reading MatterArt And The BroncoPhœbeA Double-Dyed DeceiverThe Passing Of Black EagleA Retrieved ReformationCherchez La FemmeFriends In San RosarioThe Fourth In SalvadorThe Emancipation Of BillyThe Enchanted KissA Departmental CaseThe Renaissance At CharleroiOn Behalf Of The ManagementWhistling Dick's Christmas StockingThe Halberdier Of The Little RheinschlossTwo RenegadesThe Lonesome Road Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four MillionRead by Warren KatiRunning Time:08:44:56O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). His short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characterization and the clever use of twist endings. Indeed, O. Henry is often credited with defining the short story as a literary art form. Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, is a collection of twenty-three short stories that was first published in 1908. The setting is New York City in the first decade of the 1900’s (the Four Million in the subtitle is a reference to the population of the city at that time as well as to the title of an earlier collection of his short stories). You will meet a wide variety of characters from all walks of life who are trying to make a living via honest (and sometimes dishonest) means. Personal interactions and business transactions abound, but sometimes there is a twist. But don’t take it personally if you get fooled, after all it is Strictly Business. Strictly Business The Gold that Glittered Babes in the Jungle The Day Resurgent The Fifth Wheel The Poet and the Peasant The Robe of Peace The Girl and the Graft The Call of the Tame The Unknown Quantity The Thing's the Play A Ramble in Aphasia A Municipal Report Psyche and the Pskyscraper A Bird of Baghdad Compliments of the Season A Night in New Arabia The Girl and the Habit Proof of the Pudding Past One at Rooney's The Venturers The Duel "What You Want" The Four MillionRead by Marian BrownRunning Time:5:31:08 The Four Million is the second book written by O. Henry while he served time for embezzlement in a penitentiary in Ohio. The book is a series of short stories which take place in New York City in the early years of the 20th century and are representative of the surprise endings that popularized O. Henry’s work. They also capture his use of coincidence or chance to create humor in the story. O Henry wrote about ordinary people in everyday circumstances. He is quoted as once saying, “There are stories in everything. I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts and newspaper stands.” Tobin's Palm The Gift of the Magi The Cosmopolite in a Café Between Rounds The Skylight Room A Service of Love The Coming Out of Maggie Man About Town The Cop and The Anthem An Adjustment of Nature Memoirs of a Yellow Dog The Love Philtre of Ikey Schoestein Mammon and the Archer Springtime a la Carte The Green Door From the Cabby's Seat An Unfinished Story The Caliph, Cupid and Clock Sister of the Golden Circle The Romance of a Busy Broker After Years Lost on Dress Parade By Courier The Furnished Room The Brief Debut of Tildy The Gentle GrafterRead by Leslie WaldenRunning Time:4:36:39 If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" instead of the "Gentle Grafter", the name O. Henry picked for him. His situation as an ethical graft artist gives Jeff an extra impediment in pursuing his craft, but he never wanted it to be too easy. The result is fourteen delightful tales for us and a number of new partners for him. With those partners (he always has at least one) he works his way through a number of confidence games. Some they win, some they lose, some go into extra innings. They seem never to end just the way you figure they will. In the end he conquers almost all, except for the English language, which often seems to defeat him. The Octopus Marooned Jeff Peters as Personal Magnet Modern Rural Sports The Chair of Philanthromathematics The Hand that Riles the World The Exact Science of Matrimony A Midsummer Masquerade Shearing the Wolf Innocents of Broadway Conscience in Art The man Higher Up A Tempered Wind Hostages to Momus The Ethics of Pig The Gift of the MagiRead by Betsie BushRunning Time:00:13:22 The Gift of the Magi is an O. Henry short story in which a young couple are very much in love with each other but can barely afford their one-room apartment. For Christmas, they each make a sacrifice to purchase a gift for the other, with ironic results. The moral of the story is that physical possessions, however valuable they may be, are of little value in the grand scheme of things. The true unselfish love that the characters, Jim and Della, share is greater than their possessions. O. Henry ends the story by clarifying the metaphor between the characters in the story, Della and James (or Jim), and the Biblical Magi. The Gift of the Magi features O. Henry's characteristic twist ending and use of flowery diction. The Trimmed Lamp: and other Stories of the Four MillionRead by Marian BrownRunning Time:5:54:51 The Trimmed Lamp follows The Four Million and provides another series of short stories that take place in New York City in the early years of the 20th century and are representative of the surprise endings that popularized O. Henry’s work. They also capture his use of coincidence or chance to create humor in the story. O Henry wrote about ordinary people in everyday circumstances. He is quoted as once saying, “There are stories in everything. I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts and newspaper stands.” The Trimmed Lamp A Madison Square Arabian Night The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball The Pendulum Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen The Assessor of Success The Buyer from Cactus City The Badge of Policeman O'Roon Brickdust Row The Making of a New Yorker Vanity and Some Sables The Social Triangle The Purple Dress The Foreign Policy of Company The Lost Blend A Harlem Tragedy The Guilty Party An East Side Tragedy According to Their Lights A Midsummer Knight's Dream The Last Leaf The Count and the Wedding Guest The County of Elusion The Ferry of Unfulfillment The Tale of a Tainted Tenner Elsie in New York Waifs and StraysRead by Bellona Times, Leslie Walden, Ginger Kuckla, Marion Karlon, Daphnis, Michael Case, Sam Naishtat, Neil Donnely, A. J. Carroll, Deon Gines and Cynthia MoyerRunning Time:3:22:45 These 12 O. Henry stories all deal with waifs and strays in one way or another; people who have somehow become adrift in the current of life. Will they find their way on their own or be helped by kind hearted folk or perhaps, stay a waif and stray, somehow outside the normal life of society? All naturally have the wonderful O. Henry beautiful way with words and people. So if you are in the mood to enjoy some sensuous sounds and convoluted flowing phrases unique to William Sydney Porter, give these a listen. And of course the endings cannot ever be predicted. Ever! 01 - The Red Roses of Tonia02 - Round The Circle03 - The Rubber Plant's Story04 - Out of Nazareth05 - Confessions of a HumoristLeslie 06 - The Sparrows in Madison Square07 - Hearts and Hands08 - The Cactus09 - The Detective Detector10 - The Dog and the Playlet11 - A Little Talk About Mobs12 - The Snow Man WhirligigsRead by Richard KilmerRunning Time:08:17:41 A collection of short stories.The World and the DoorThe Theory and the HoundThe Hypotheses of FailureCalloway's CodeA Matter of Mean Elevation"Girl"Sociology in Serge and StrawThe Ransom of Red ChiefThe Marry Month of MayA Technical ErrorSuite Homes and their RomanceThe Whirligig of LifeA Sacrifice HitThe Roads We TakeA Blackjack BargainerThe Song and the SergeantOne Dollar's WorthA Newspaper StoryTommy's BurglarA Chaparral ChristmasA Little Local ColourGeorgia's RulingBlind Man's Holiday Madame Bo Peep, of the Ranches Our Audiobooks are Complete and Unabridged (unless otherwise indicated)Our Audiobooks are always read by real people, never by computers.Please Note: These recorded readings are from the author's original works which are in the public domain. All recordings and artwork are in the public domain and there are no infringements or copyrights. Each track starts with "This is a LibriVox recording...."Although Librivox has graciously made these recordings available to the public domain, they are not associated with the sale of this product. Public domain books A public-domain book is a book with no copyright, a book that was created without a license, or a book where its copyrights expired or have been forfeited. In most countries the of copyright expires on the first day of January, 70 years after the death of the latest living author. The longest copyright term is in Mexico, which has life plus 100 years for all deaths since July 1928. A notable exception is the United States, where every book and tale published before 1926 is in the public domain; American copyrights last for 95 years for books originally published between 1925 and 1978 if the copyright was properly registered and maintained.

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