Four Million

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023
In Category - Short Stories
O. Henry 1906
English
  • Tobin’s Palm
  • Gift of the Magi, The
  • Cosmopolite in a Cafe, The
  • Between Rounds
  • Skylight Room, The
  • Service of Love, A
  • Coming-Out of Maggie, The
  • Man About Town
  • Cop and The Anthem, The
  • Adjustment of Nature, An
  • Memoirs of a Yellow Dog
  • Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoestein, The
  • Mammon and the Archer
  • Springtime a la Carte
  • Green Door, The
  • From the Cabby’s Seat
  • Unfinished Story, An
  • Caliph, Cupid and Clock, The
  • Sister of the Golden Circle
  • Romance of a Busy Broker, The
  • After 20 Years
  • Lost on Dress Parade
  • By Courier
  • Furnished Room, The
  • Brief Debut of Tildy, The
Born in 1862 and died in 1910, O. Henry’s birth name is William Sydney Porter; however, he adopted the pen name O. Henry while in prison. He published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his lifetime.

The Four Million is the second book written by O. Henry while he served time for embezzlement in a penitentiary in Ohio. The book is a series of short stories which take place in New York City in the early years of the 20th century and are representative of the surprise endings that popularized O. Henry’s work. They also capture his use of coincidence or chance to create humor in the story. O Henry wrote about ordinary people in everyday circumstances. He is quoted as once saying, “There are stories in everything. I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts and newspaper stands.”

I hope you enjoy the following readings as much as I enjoyed recording them.
(Summary by Marian Brown)

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