Victoria Blake

O. Henry, the pen name of William Sydney Porter, is known for his short stories with surprise endings. In this collection you will find the following beloved O. Henry stories: "The Plutonian Fire," "The Princess and the Puma," "By Courier," "The Gift of the Magi," "The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein," "Mammon and the Archer," "The Memento," "Springtime À La Carte," "The Last Leaf," "The Skylight Room," "The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock," "The Count...

"Beautiful, clever, rich--and single--Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee, Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With...