This collection of 100 of O Henry's finest stories is a showcase for thesheer variety of one of America's best and best-loved short story writersThe variety of the stories is amazing; O Henry is as at home describinglife south of the Rio Grande as he is chronicling the activities andconcerns of 'the four million' ordinary citizens who inhabitedturn-of-the-century New
York. They are marked by coincidence and surpriseendings as well as the compassion and high humour that have made O Henry'sstories popular for the last century.