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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.

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.

Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), 2001. Paperback. Book Condition: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 196 High by 129 Wide by 4 deep in mm. (48) Money or love? Which is more important in life? Can money buy anything? Can it help a young man to marry the girl he loves? Does money really make people happy, or does it just cause problems? We all know how difficult love can be. When you meet someone you like, there are so many things that can go wrong, sometimes because you are trying too hard, sometimes because of a misunderstanding. These four plays about money, love and life are adapted from short stories written a hundred years ago by the great American storyteller O. Henry. Henry had his own difficulties with money and loneliness, and wrote from personal experience.

La atmósfera del viejo Sur de EEUU nos envuelve desde la primera página de estos relantes desbordantes de imaginación y sentido del humor.Falsificadores de dinero,jóvenes soñadoras,sheriffs curtidos,

Sixteen captivating stories by one of America's most popular storytellers. Included are such classics as "The Gift of the Magi," "The Last Leaf," and "The Ransom of Red Chief." Publisher's Note.

"Selected Stories of O. Henry," by O. Henry, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of "Barnes & Noble Classics": New introductions commissioned from today''s top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader''s viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. "Barnes & Noble Classics "pulls together a constellation of influences-biographical, historical, and literary-to enrich each reader''s understanding of these enduring works. O. Henry mastered the art of the humorous, energetic tale that ends with a sudden, ironic twist. In "After Twenty Years," for example, two boys agree to meet at a particular spot exactly twenty years later. Both are faithful, but in the intervening years one boy has turned into a criminal, the other into a policeman. Behind the rendezvous lurks a powerful dramatic situation with a fascinating moral dilemma-all dealt with in a few brief pages. This is just one of the many literary gems in "Selected Stories of O. Henry," a collection of 45 of O. Henry''s mostrenowned and entertaining short stories. Each one offers insights into human nature and the ways it is affected by love, hate, wealth, poverty, gentility, disguise, and crime-themes that ran through the author''s own life. Born William Sidney Porter, O. Henry started writing while in prison for embezzlement. Later he moved to New York, and his tales romanticizing the commonplace, particularly the life of ordinary New Yorkers, became highly popular. The most widely read author of his time, O. Henry died penniless but left behind a weal

Contents: / "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

Contains: / 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 ORoon / Brickdust Row / The Making Of A New Yorker / Vanity And Some Sables / The Social Triangle / The Purple Dress / The Foreign Policy Of Company 99 / The Lost Blend / A Harlem Tragedy / "The Guilty Party"--An East Side Tragedy / According To Their Lights / A Midsummer KnightS Dream / The Last Leaf / The Count And The Wedding Guest / The Country Of Elusion / The Ferry Of Unfulfilment / The Tale Of A Tainted Tenner / Elsie In New York