Selected Stories (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by O. Henry Book cover type:Paperback modern chemistry and its creations

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he decided that he did not want to spend his life teaching the sons of the rich

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Selected Stories (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by O. Henry Book cover type:Paperback modern chemistry and its creationsEighty short stories by a master of the genre O. Henry's comic eye and unique, ironic approach to life's realities are unmatched. These stories about con men and tricksters and "innocent" deceivers, about fate, luck, and coincidence have delighted generations of readers. Set in New York and the West, in Central America and the South, they demonstrate O. Henry's mastery of speech and place, and highlight his appreciation of life's quirks. For more than