One of O. Henry's most critically lauded collections of short stories, The Four Million homes in on the inhabitants of New York City. While many authors of the era focused exclusively on the denizens of the upper classes, O. Henry set out to...
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One of O. Henry's most critically lauded collections of short stories, The Four Million homes in on the inhabitants of New York City. While many authors of the era focused exclusively on the denizens of the upper classes, O. Henry set out to chronicle the lives of those at every point on the socioeconomic spectrum. Packed with stirring stories about salt-of-the-earth men and women, The Four Million is a richly rewarding read
Title; Contents; Foreword; Tobin's Palm; The Gift of the Magi; A Cosmopolite in a Café; Between Rounds; The Skylight Room; A Service of Love; The Coming-Out of Maggie; Man About Town; The Cop and the Anthem; An Adjustment of Nature; Memoirs of a Yellow Dog; The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein; Mammon and the Archer; Springtime à la Carte; The Green Door; From the Cabby's Seat; An Unfinished Story; The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock; Sisters of the Golden Circle; The Romance of a Busy Broker; After Twenty Years; Lost on Dress Parade; By Courier; The Furnished Room; The Brief Début of Tildy;
