“One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.”
O. Henry livre The Four Million
"The Gift of the Magi" - Full text online http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/Gift_of_the_Magi.html <br class="br">The Four Million (1906)
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O. Henry: Citations en anglais
“Broadway — the great sluice that washes out the dust of the gold-mines of Gotham.”
"From Each According to His Ability"
The Voice of the City (1908)
"A Municipal Report"
Strictly Business (1910)
“Take it from me — he's got the goods.”
"The Unprofitable Servant"
"The Fool-Killer"
The Voice of the City (1908)
“A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.”
"A Ruler of Men" Rolling Stones http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3815/3815-h/3815-h.htm (1913)
"The Gold that Glittered"
Strictly Business (1910)
“It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are.”
"The Octopus Marooned"
The Gentle Grafter (1908)
“History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.”
O. Henry livre Roads of Destiny
"Next to Reading Matter"
Roads of Destiny (1909)
O. Henry livre Roads of Destiny
"The Fourth in Salvador"
Roads of Destiny (1909)
"The Plutonian Fire"
The Voice of the City (1908)
"A Ramble in Aphasia"
Strictly Business (1910)
“A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.”
“Makes the Whole World Kin,” Sixes and Sevens (1911)
“If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.”
O. Henry livre The Four Million
"Memoirs of a Yellow Dog"
The Four Million (1906)
O. Henry livre The Last Leaf
"The Last Leaf"
The Trimmed Lamp (1907)
O. Henry livre Whirligigs
"The Roads We Take"
Whirligigs (1910)
"The Plutonian Fire" http://www.literaturecollection.com/a/o_henry/243/ <br class="br">The Voice of the City (1908)
