Author Henry

New Yorker, car driver Jerry and cop Mike share their experience of collisions with an angry crowd.

Because of the snow drifts, passengers of the road stagecoach are forced to stay for the night in an abandoned hut. From the coachman they heard the romantic story of the old hermit who lived here not so long ago. But in this story not everything remained known, and that's for the sake of fun pastime among passengers was announced a competition for the best explanation of all the unspoken details.

A. Henry (1862-1910) - the pseudonym of William Sidney Porter, an outstanding American novelist, famous for brilliant humorous stories. During his short creative life he wrote about 280 stories, not counting feuilletons and various small works.

A couple of crooks thought that in the West people somehow got smarter and it's time to move in search of simpletons to the East, closer to the lights of big cities ...

"Of course, there are two sides to this problem. Consider the second one. It is not uncommon to hear about "sellers." But they don't exist. There are girls who work in shops. It's their profession. However, why should the name of the profession be turned into a definition of a person? Let's be fair. After all, we do not call "brides" all the girls living on Fifth Avenue..."

"After reaching the age of twenty, the artful fruit is quite ripe. If you've ever been at least fifty miles from Sandown Ranch, you've probably heard of this miracle. Thick, pitch-black hair, dark brown eyes, and laughter like a murmur of a stream running on the prairie. The name is Rosita McGlen. That was the daughter of old McGellan, who owned the Sandown sheep ranch..."

The accountant decided to quit his main job and became a professional humorist-author of feuilletons in a weekly column. But the inspiration disappeared somewhere...

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

When in the middle of a big city in the daytime with particular audacity committed murder, only the best of criminals can do the impossible - to track down his detective.

At one point, Telemack Hicks was asked who had disfigured his left ear. In response, Hicks told an amazing story of true friendship.

Charming fraudster D. Pinckney Bloom earned good money, selling to gullible investors nothing worth the land for the upcoming construction of the city-dream.

"One dollar is eighty-seven cents. That was it. Sixty cents of coins one cent each. For each of these coins had to bargain with the grocer, the greengrocer, the butcher so that even the ears were burning with the silent disapproval that caused such frugality. Della counted three times. One dollar is eighty-seven cents. And tomorrow is Christmas..."

Two friends were stuck in a small hut in the snow-covered Cordillera for the rest of the winter. Fortunately, there were two books in the hut: Omar Heaham's poetry collection and a statistical guide to each book. Who is luckier?

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

What if your wife is used to managing and is the queen of the whole household? Will a real man remain a secondary figure on the ranch? But Web Iger was one of the best managers in the Texas pastures.

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then to the bottom of life.

For nine years now, when he came here at exactly one o'clock in the afternoon, he sat on this bench, and always something happened to him after that - something in the spirit of Dickens, from which his vest heaved high above his heart, and not only over his heart.

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O.Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then descends to the bottom of life.

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

Johnson Dry Logue grew strawberries in the garden. One day he saw the neighborhood boys, who moved over the hedge and hurriedly devoured selected berries. Without hesitation, Johnson dispersed them with a whip. What was his surprise when among the boys he saw a beautiful girl!

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

Mr. Chandler put one dollar out of his pay every week, and at the end of every tenth week, he could spend one evening like a true gentleman.

Anyone who wants to say that he has lived life to the fullest must know love, poverty and war. Of course, not everyone, even in a lifetime, succeeds, but John Hopkins took only an hour.

Homeless Sopi usually waited out the winter on the Island. In prison. And this time he decides to commit a small crime to get a term of three months.

Old Cal Adams bought his daughter as a gift what she so desired - a piano. Strangely, on this day Marilla did not play on it, as well as the next and later. Even on his deathbed, Cal could not ask his daughter to play him at least one tune ...

Sometimes trying to find out the recipe of delicious pancakes can lead to unexpected consequences.

In the vicinity of the farm "The King of The Beast" was a ferocious Mexican lion. The enterprising daughter of the farmer finds a way to solve the problem.

Miss Tony needs a straw hat of the last style with certainly red roses. And Burroughs and Pearson, riding their horses, rushed to Longelm in the hat shop.

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

Changing several owners rubber tree fell into the hands of a lonely pianist Bess.

Hattie lost her job and, having bought a piece of beef for the last money, goes home hoping to cook stew for dinner and somehow please himself. Not finding in his room neither potatoes nor onions for the intended dish, Hattie goes in search of the missing ingredients ...

The specialty of the pilot on the trains is not so tempting, as it may seem at first glance. In addition to the visible joys, the predatory business will put on your shoulders a lot of hardships and tribulations. Don't believe me? Then for you this story, which was recorded by O. Henry from the words of the man who engaged in the above activity for many years.

Jim wants to marry Mae Martha Mangham, but then he got a paper showing the location of the treasure and he postpones his original plans

Dalsy served as a saleswoman in a department store. It doesn't matter what she sold there. They paid her only six dollars a week, and with this money she rented housing in furnished rooms and once lived.