{"product_id":"9781853262418-100-selected-stories","title":"100 Selected Stories","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA collection of 100 of author's finest stories; it describes life south of the Rio Grande and chronicles the activities and concerns of 'the four million' ordinary citizens who inhabited turn-of-the-century New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new Introduction by Professor Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis selection of a hundred of O. Henry’s succinct tales displays the range, humour and humanity of a perennially popular short-story writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere Henry gives a richly colourful and exuberantly entertaining panorama of social life, ranging from thieves to tycoons, from the streets of New York to the prairies of Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese stories are famed for their 'trick endings' or 'twists in the tail': repeatedly the plot twirls adroitly, compounding ironies. Indeed, O. Henry's cunning plots surpass those of the ingenious rogues he creates. His style is genial, lively and witty, displaying a virtuoso’s command of language and allusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis great collection offers delights for the mind, imagination and emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40946000724065,"sku":"9781853262418","price":6.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30104887.jpg?v=1726731828","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781853262418-100-selected-stories","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}