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02456aam a22003018i 4500 001 B648BF64F83C11EC97B2B25526ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220630011908 008 210519s2021 oru 000 j eng d 020 $a 1513269909 020 $a 9781513269900 020 $a 1513207229 020 $a 9781513207223 035 $a (OCoLC)1255863798 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d SILO 082 04 $a 813.52 $2 23 100 1 $a Henry, O., $d 1862-1910, $e author. 245 14 $a The four million / $c O. Henry. 264 1 $a Portland : $b Mint Editions, $c 2021. 300 $a 1 volume ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a Winter Reading Challenge. 520 $a The Four Million refers to the population of New York City, where O. Henry was living at the time of its composition. Containing twenty-five works of short fiction, the collection includes several of the author?s best-known stories. âThe Gift of the Magiâ is a heartwarming story of a young married couple who struggle to afford gifts for one another in the days leading up to Christmas. Delia, placing her husband?s happiness before her own, sells her own hair in order to afford a platinum pocket watch chain. When she returns home, however, she finds that Jim has made a similar sacrifice. In âThe Skylight Room,â a typist named Miss Leeson tries to find work while renting the smallest room at Mrs. Parker?s boarding house. In a moment of quiet desperation, she names a star âBilly Jacksonâ while staring out of the room?s tiny skylight, a view she soon struggles to afford. âThe Cop and the Anthemâ follows a homeless man named Soapy. As winter approaches, he commits a series of petty crimes in order to be taken to the shelter of jail. When his attempts fail, however, he discovers that justice has a cruel way of revealing itself. The Four Million, one of O. Henry?s finest works, is an exemplary collection of short fiction that showcases the author?s empathetic and hopeful outlook on poverty and American life. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of O. Henry?s The Four Million is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.-- $c Amazon. 650 0 $a Poor $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Short stories, American. 941 $a 1 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630014148.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B648BF64F83C11EC97B2B25526ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b IWRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search