O. Henry
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Peer into 'Window'...darkest secrets and has no compunction about sharing them. Saki's propensity for twist endings, one that would greatly influence O. Henry, is evident in such playlets as the one in which a man refuses a woman's request for financial aid,... |
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Backstage | November 16, 2009
Wolves at the Window (and Other Tales of Immorality)
...who is comically annoying as one of the children, is also particularly fine as a pathological liar in another tale. Like those of O. Henry, Saki's stories depend on twists, though they emphasize wit more than heart. But the tales take longer...
In this article: Mark Teschner, Wolves, Saki, General Hospital, New York City, and London
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Blogcritics | November 13, 2009
Three Christmas Tales Retold as Graphic Novels
...text throughout. His adaptations to the story are an improvement and worth seeking out. The truly classic "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry gets a retelling by Joel Priddy. The story of a young couple selling their prized possessions to...
In this article: HarperCollins, L. Frank Baum, Graphic Novels, and The Gift of the Magi
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L.A. Times - Travel | November 01, 2009
A tour of literary Manhattan
...and stayed open, disguised as a flower shop, during Prohibition. But the history that sent us here was one of its famous patrons. O. Henry was reputed to be a regular who wrote his masterpiece "Gift of the Magi" here. It's also where Ludwig...
In this article: Manhattan, New York City, Pete's Tavern, Strand Bookstore, Truman Capote, Broadway, and Library Hotel
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Fox News | October 27, 2009
Haunted Austin Provides Halloween Fun
...her bedroom. According to the Houston Press , this murder started a chain of killings that terrorized the city for a year. Author O. Henry referred to the killer as "The Servant Girl Annihilator". The murders stopped on Christmas Eve 1885...
In this article: Driskill Hotel, Austin, and Halloween
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New York Times | October 15, 2009
Movie Review 'New York, I Love You': Manhattan Is for Lovers: Two by Two by Two by ...
...might get a hint of Martin Scorsese or Woody Allen here and there, but just as pronounced are the inflections of J. D. Salinger, Paul Auster, O. Henry and many decades' worth of contributors to the Talk of the Town section of The New Yorker.
In this article: New York, I Love You, Mira Nair, Emmanuel Benbihy, Allen Hughes, Natalie Portman, Brett Ratner, Manhattan, Fatih Akin, New York, and Yvan Attal
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The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories | October 09, 2009
Obama Wins Heisman Trophy!
...awarding to it me as its first recipient. I mean, I don't think Alfred Nobel won a Nobel Prize, nor did Pulitzer win a Joseph Pulitzer or O. Henry win an O. Henry award. I could go on and on. I hope I will continue to live up to the high...
In this article: Barack Obama, Mark Katz, The Daily Beast, Alfred Nobel, Time Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Michael Steele, and Joseph Pulitzer
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Library of Congress: New Webcasts | October 08, 2009
Junot Diaz: National Book Festival 2009
...meets 'Star Trek' meets David Foster Wallace meets Kanye West." Diaz's fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, African Voices, "Best American Short Stories" (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000), "Pushcart Prize XXII" and "The O'Henry Prize Stories 2009."
In this article: Junot Diaz, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, The New Yorker, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, David Foster Wallace, O'Henry, Mario Vargas Llosa, Kanye West, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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St. Petersburg Times | October 06, 2009
Pinellas County School District adds gifted programs at three middle schools
...hot-pink beanbag chair, the sixth-grader reviewed notes for a geography test while students on either side of her read paperback works by O. Henry and Edgar Allan Poe. A dozen kids across the room conducted Internet research on their...
In this article: No Child Left Behind Act, Edgar Allan Poe, and Thurgood Marshall
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Baltimore Sun | August 25, 2009
Which writer do you drink like?
...world's most famous authors were drinkers with a writing problem. Authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, James Joyce and O. Henry were all celebrated scribes who were helped, and more often hindered, by the bottle. And while...
In this article: E mail, The Baltimore Sun, Wind, Sand and Stars, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, and Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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CBS | August 10, 2009
Steiger founded insurance agency still running since 1958
...1881. The restaurant/saloon has stood at various locations around downtown, and its history includes regular visits from Teddy Roosevelt, O. Henry and Will Rogers. Its current incarnation has stood on Houston Street since 1998. "He...
In this article: San Antonio, Aetna, World War II, Edison High School, and University of Texas
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Description from Wikipedia:
O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910). O. Henry short stories are known for wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.
- Also Known As:
- O. Henry, Olivier Henry
- Birth Date:
- September 11, 1862
- Birthplace:
- Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
- Death Date:
- June 05, 1910
- Place of Death:
- New York City
- Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Writer
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