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The Collected Works of O Henry - cover

The Collected Works of O Henry

O Henry

Publisher: PergamonMedia

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Summary

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 4142 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: 
• The Gift of the Magi
• The Four Million
• Cabbages and Kings
• The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million
• Rolling Stones
• Whirligigs
• Roads of Destiny
• Short Stories of Various Types
• The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million
• Sixes and Sevens
• Heart of the West
• THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES 
• THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF 
• The Gentle Grafter
• etc.
Available since: 04/07/2015.

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