O. Henry was the pen name of the American writer William Sydney Porter (1862–1910). O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.
Tobin's Palm
The Gift of the Magi
A Cosmopolite in a Café
Between Rounds
The Skylight Room
A Service of Love
The Coming-Out of Maggie
Man about Town
The Cop and the Anthem
An Adjustment of Nature
Memoirs of a Yellow Dog
The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein
Mammon and the Archer
Springtime à la Carte
The Green Door
From the Cabby's Seat
An Unfinished Story
The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock
Sisters of the Golden Circle
The Romance of a Busy Broker
After Twenty Years
Lost on Dress Parade
By Courier
The Furnished Room
The Brief Début of Tildy