Here are sixteen of the best stories by one of America's most popular storytellers. For nearly a century, the work of O. Henry has delighted readers with its humor, irony and colorful, real-life settings. The writer's own life had more than a touch of color and irony. Born William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1862, he worked on a Texas ranch, then as a bank teller in Austin, then as a reporter for the Houston "Post." Adversity struck,...

Presents a constant string of free-associative questions in which the author explores various topics, including beliefs, memories, life, science, language, art, and philosophy.

Presents ten short stories on such themes as spiritual faith, relationships, gender, and race.

An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories reflecting various aspects of American life at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Presents a collection of connected short stories that follows a young girl, Ann Ransom, from her childhood and adolescence to adulthood.

A collection of short stories by Ann Hood featuring a diverse group of characters struggling to rebuild their lives.

A collection of fifty-three short fiction stories by Alice Adams which explore the inner workings of human relationships.

A collection of twelve short works that portrays contemporary American family life visits morally complex themes in a fractured nation of inhabitants searching for connection and understanding.