A Dance of Folly and Pleasure

by O. Henry

Overview

Step into the boarding houses and furnished rooms of New York City, or take a stroll around the park. Observe the tumult and glitter of Broadway on a Saturday night, and browse the silken stockings in Manhattan's most exclusive store. Hop onto the Coney Island ferry to join the lovesick shop-girl, the drunken down-and-out, and the secret millionaire in the city's dance of folly and pleasure.
Bringing to life the glamour and squalor of the 1900s, O. Henry's unmistakable tales are by turns hilarious or tragic, but always deeply poignant.
'As fresh and alive as the day they were written . . . He wrote so many good stories it's hard to choose.' - John Steinbeck
'A central figure in American popular literature.' - Harold Bloom

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781907970252
Publisher:	Daunt Books
Publication date:	11/08/2012
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	676 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) was a prolific American short story writer. Initially trained as a pharmacist, Porter began his writing career as a journalist and worked on his stories on the side. After being accused of embezzling money from a bank he worked for, he fled to Honduras. He returned to the US upon the death of his wife and was sentenced to five years in prison. It was during this time that he began to have his first stories published. He later moved to New York and began writing stories in earnest. Some of his most famous stories include "Gift of the Magi" and "The Caballero's Way" which introduced the character, the Cisco Kid.