10 Selected Stories This selection of a hundred of O. Henry's sucinect tales displays the range, humour and humanity of a perenialy popular short-story writer. Here Henry gives a richly colourful and exuberantly entertaining panorama of social life, ranging from thieves to tycons, from the strets of New York to the prairies of Texas. Here Henry gives a richly colourful and exuberantly entertaining panorama of social life, ranging from thieves to tycons, from the strets of New York to the prairies of Texas. These stories are famed for their 'trick endings' of 'twists in the tail': repeatedly the plot twirls adroitly, compounding ironies. İnded, O. Henry's cuning plots surpas those of the ingenious rogues he creates. His style is genial, lively and wity, displaying a vituoso's comand af language and alusion. This great colection ofers the reader delights for the mind, imagination and emotions.