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Such volumes as site_link Cabbages and Kings 1904 and site_link The Four Million 1906 collect short stories noted for their often surprising endings of American writer William Sydney Porter who used the pen name O Henry His biography shows where he found inspiration for his characters His era produced their voices and his language. Five beloved stories by o. henry Mother of three year old Porter died from tuberculosis He left school at fifteen years of age and worked for five years in drugstore of his uncle and then for two years at a Texas sheep ranch In 1884 he went to Austin where he worked in a real estate office and a church choir and spent four years as a draftsman in the general land office His wife and firstborn died but daughter Margaret survived him He failed Such volumes as site_link Cabbages and Kings 1904 and site_link The Four Million 1906 collect short stories noted for their often surprising endings of American writer William Sydney Porter who used the pen name O Henry His biography shows where he found inspiration for his characters His era produced their voices and his language. Book Five Beloved stories Mother of three year old Porter died from tuberculosis He left school at fifteen years of age and worked for five years in drugstore of his uncle and then for two years at a Texas sheep ranch In 1884 he went to Austin where he worked in a real estate office and a church choir and spent four years as a draftsman in the general land office His wife and firstborn died but daughter Margaret survived him He failed to establish a small humorous weekly and afterward worked in poorly run bank When its accounts balanced not people blamed and fired him In Houston he worked for a few years until ordered to stand trial for embezzlement he fled to New Orleans and thence Honduras Two years later he returned on account of illness of his wife Apprehended Porter served a few months than three years in a penitentiary in Columbus Ohio During his incarceration he composed ten short stories including site_link A Blackjack Bargainer site_link The Enchanted Kiss and site_link The Duplicity of Hargraves In 1899 McClure s published site_link Whistling Dick s Christmas Story and site_link Georgia s Ruling In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania he sent manuscripts to New York editors In the spring of 1902 Ainslee s Magazine offered him a regular income if he moved to New York In less than eight years he became a bestselling author of collections of short stories Cabbages and Kings came first in 1904 The Four Million and site_link The Trimmed Lamp and site_link Heart of the West followed in 1907 and site_link The Voice of the City in 1908 site_link Roads of Destiny and site_link Options in 1909 site_link Strictly Business and site_link Whirligigs in 1910 followed Posthumously published collections include site_link The Gentle Grafter about the swindler Jeff Peters site_link Rolling Stones site_link Waifs and Strays and in 1936 unsigned stories followed People rewarded other persons financially site_link A Retrieved Reformation about the safe cracker Jimmy Valentine got 250 six years later 500 for dramatic rights which gave over 100000 royalties for playwright Paul Armstrong Many stories have been made into films site_link A master of the short story Audiobook O Henry wrote over 600 short stories Naturally I have my personal top 20 stories that just seem to stand out because of their form writing style and ability to convey real personalities in a very few words From these 20 I ve chosen five that seem outstanding examples of the short story art form Stories like The Gift of the Magi The Cop and the Anthem Man about Town A Cosmopolite in a Cafe and Mammon and the Archer So this is a collection of just five O. Five Beloved storieswatch net Henry stories that many people including me have loved and remembered over the years And this time thanks to LibriVox I have the enormous pleasure of not just reading them to myself but also the joy of reading them aloud What fun eh Summary by Phil Chenevert Five Beloved Stories.