The famous American writer O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) is the author of popular short stories, a master of original plot twists, colorful dialogue, and stunning denouements. The writer's creative legacy consists of over six hundred short stories, which serve as a kind of humorous encyclopedia of American life at the beginning of the twentieth century. However, O. Henry's sketches also correspond perfectly to what we observe in modern life. Extraordinarily entertaining and witty, O. Henry's stories remain a living classic…
This volume includes the famous novel "Cabbages and Kings," consisting of adventure-humorous short stories set in Latin America, as well as two complete original collections: "The Lamp and the Lamp-post" and "Roads of Destiny." Many stories are presented in new translations. The edition is accompanied by rare illustrations by the remarkable Soviet artist Grigory Filippovsky (1909-1987), as well as drawings from American editions of the first half of the 20th century.
Author: O. Henry
Illustrations: Grigory Filippovsky
Translation: I. Gurova, I. Bernstein, L. Bespalova
Pages: 704 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 217x145x36 mm
Series: Foreign Literature. Big Books
