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108 stories · Selected from the catalog · Page 5 of 5
O. HenryDella has one dollar and eighty-seven cents, and one day left to buy her husband a Christmas present worth giving.
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A young man devoted to adventure follows a mysterious green door and finds a chance to make romance matter.
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A struggling typist finds a small, private universe in the star she watches through the skylight of her attic room.
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Two struggling women share a makeshift stew, while a mysterious stranger arrives carrying the one ingredient they lack.
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Two young working women pursue very different futures in a city where wages, style, and marriage all promise escape.
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Two working New Yorkers spend a week pretending to be wealthy guests at a Broadway hotel and find an unexpected kindred spirit.
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Every Thanksgiving, a wealthy old man takes a homeless stranger to dinner, preserving a private tradition neither can bear to break.
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A chance meeting in a city park lets two strangers imagine love beyond the boundaries of wealth and social rank.
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Bingo falls for a revolutionary's daughter and joins her father's cause, even as he bets on a horse owned by his wealthy uncle.
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Bertie travels to New York to rescue his cousin from a vaudeville romance, only to find Gussie aiming for a spot onstage himself.
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When Bingo falls for a waitress, Jeeves proposes a reading list to persuade his wealthy uncle that class should not stand in love's way.
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In a ruined Kyoto gate, a hungry servant encounters a stranger whose desperate act forces him to decide what survival permits.
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