Sixes and Sevens, Vol. 1

ENGLISH: In this collection of 25 stories by O.Henry, I liked three of them specially: "Ulysses and the dogman" about a dog-walker who meets an old friend and says once too many "make it two." "The duplicity of Hargraves" about a very special actor and an old southern major. "The church with an overs......more

O. Henry is absolutely amazing! What a hoot! And I learned so many new words!! Loved it :)......more

VINTAGE O. HENRY. "No man is a hero to his saddle-horse."--page 4 Recommendation: O. Henry never disappoints. Public domain ePub edition from feedbooks.com, 183 pages Also available at gutenberg.org......more

I read a copy of this published by Open Road Media, purchased for free from Amazon after receiving their daily Early Bird Books newsletter. It is classic O. Henry. Not every story is equally good, but none of them are boring. One of my biggest gripes about the book is specific to the format in the K......more

O. Henry's brilliant, there's no getting around it. Witty in his storytelling, unprecedented in his prose. A few of the twists I saw coming, but others took me delightfully by surprise. And a man who can capture both the Wild West and encapsulate the heart of New York and its citoyens is pretty rema......more