Whirligigs

O. Henry's short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings. Contents: The World and the Door; The Theory and the Hound; The Hypotheses of Failure; Calloway's Code; A Matter of Mean Elevation; "Girl"; Sociology in Serge and Straw; The Ransom of Red Chief; The Marry Month of May; A Technical Error; Suite Homes and their Romance; The Whirligig of Life; A Sacrifice Hit; The Roads We Take; A Blackjack Bargainer; The Song and the Sergeant; One Dollar's Worth; A Newspaper Story; Tommy's Burglar; A Chaparral Christmas Gift; A Little Local Color; Georgia's Ruling; Blind Man's Holiday; Madame Bo-Peep, of the Ranches.

המשפט הראשון: A FAVOURITE dodge to get your story read by the public is to assert that it is true, and then add that Truth is stranger than Fiction.

שנה

1910

שפה

English

הוצאה

Wildside Press

מהדורות

25

עמודים

324

ISBN

9780809531097

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata