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Soapi is a harmless ex-con, with no-where to go for warmth when winter is approaching and the newspapers he uses to pad his clothing aren't of much help anymore. Join him when he aims to get back to his old warm jail cell.

¿Alguna vez has mentido a una persona, porque la querías tanto, que no querías que se enterara de algo? Un Sacrificio por Amor La nuestra es una bella historia de amor, que se va a ver sometida a la presión de la cruda realidad:Della, es una pianista, que sueña con dar conciertosJoe, es un pintor, que sueña ser un gran maestro. Pero a veces la vida somete nuestras ilusiones a prosaicas realidades, lo cual no tiene por que desmoralizarnos, ya que el arte en si mismo es ya suficiente retribución, sobre todo cuando existe ese tipo de amor que todo lo compensa.

American short story writer O’Henry delivers yet another twist-riddled, wit-laden fable with The Country of Elusion. Following a night and day in the life of a young New York bohemian, Mary Adrian, this tale of duality explores the true nature of freedom, desire, and the conscience.

In this tale, a man named Trysdale returns from the wedding of the woman he used to date. He contemplates a cactus, the last gift she ever gave him, and wonders what could have gone wrong - did she simply fall out of love, or did some of his grand attempts to impress her come back to bite him?

Miss Conway fancies Andy Donovan in this tale of love and lies. She reinvents herself after their first meeting, dressing in all black! But Mr. Donovan assumes she's in mourning and when questioned she lies about the death of a loved one. Can she keep the lie going and still win Andy's affection?

Business can cause you to forget the most special times in your life. This rule is no exception to Harvey Maxwell. Harvey has feelings for his secretary and professes his love...but her response is of surprise and sadness.

O. Henry’s gift for dark humor and plot twists reaches new levels in this simple yet very moving story. Miss Martha’s corner bakery receives a mysterious visitor buying two loaves of stale bread every day. When her sympathetic heart finally pushes her to an act of kindness, her romantic daydreams are brutally crushed by a rather uninspired reality.

Ralph Merriam and his friend Wade have quite the evening together that results in a man being killed. Wade tells his friend that he has to skip town and start anew. When he arrives in his new city, he hears about a beautiful woman in town, and tries to court her.

'The Admiral' is the bittersweet tale of a young and simple sailor who is unexpectedly made Admiral of the Fleet of the Republic of Anchuria as a drunken joke during a cabinet meeting of the new corrupt government. Taking command of the fleet...consisting of one sloop, recently confiscated from a band of smugglers, the new admiral sets out to build up his crew - three sailors.

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings. 'A Newspaper Story' is an ingenious tale about a lost newspaper blowing through the streets of New York. Each passer-by who comes into contact with any part of it is personally impacted by one of the stories in the paper - but not in the way one would expect.

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories, known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and surprise endings. 'The Robe of Peace' is a story which explains the mysterious disappearance of New York's leading swell, the fashion king Johnny Bellchambers.

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and surprise endings. 'Between Rounds' is the tale of a lost child, the six-year old son of the owner of a boarding house with a colourful and eclectic range of boarders. For a brief period of the child's absence, the inhabitants pause in their regular activities and relationships. The interlude is described in a warm and gently humorous manner.

Twenty classic tales featuring doctors, patients, feverish imaginations, sick minds and unwell bodies, including 'Under the Knife' by H. G. Wells, 'Room Number Ten' by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor, 'Story of the Vanishing Patient' by Elia J. Peattie, 'The District Doctor' by Ivan Turgenev, 'Dead of Night' by W. F. Harvey, 'Cool Air' by H. P. Lovecraft, 'The Operation' by Violet Hunt, 'The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number' by Gertrude Atherton and more.

A great short story by O. Henry, from the "Four Million". An humoristic one, featuring New yorkers. O. Henry was the greatest short story writer of his day. His characters may be from America at the turn of the century but their foibles and eccentricities are known to us all, irrespective of culture or time.

Some of the happiest memories of childhood often come from memorable magical tales. Rediscover this magic with this collection of fairy tales and stories.

This volume includes 'Little Red Riding-Hood' and 'The Sleeping Beauty' by Charles Perrault; 'The Looking Glass' and 'Her Husband' by Anton Chekhov; and 'The Gift of The Magi' by O. Henry.

One of the famous, and the bleakest short story by O. Henry.The basic ironic plot can be summarized in a sentence - a young man commits suicide in the same room where a young woman for whom he has vainly searched killed herself, but it is the musty atmosphere of the room and the suggestion that every place bears the traces of the lives that have inhabited it that makes the story so compelling.

"The Cop and the Anthem" is a short story by O. Henry. It includes several of the classic elements of an O. Henry story, including a setting in New York City, an empathetic look at the state of mind of a member of the lower class, and an ironic ending.

A sumptuous collection of over 60 short stories by some of the world's greatest writers. 'The Hoop' by Fedor Sologub, 'The Last Leaf' by O. Henry, 'The Man Who Hated Aspidistras' by W. F. Harvey, 'The Conjurer' by Richard Middleton, 'The End of a Show' by Barry Pain, 'The Devil of the Marsh' by H. B. Marriott-Watson, 'The First of April' by A. J. Alan, 'The Everlasting Club' by Arthur Gray, 'The Apple Tree' by Katherine Mansfield.

Es ist Weihnachten, und das junge Ehepaar hat nicht genügend Geld, um einander Geschenke zu machen. Doch weil sie den jeweils anderen so sehr lieben, geben sie ihr Bestes hin, um ihm eine Freude zu machen. Ein Weihnachtsklassiker mit Herz, Schmerz und wahrhaftig wahrer Liebe!

This collection provides over five hours of radio dramatizations of some of the greatest literature ever written, as adapted, produced, and directed by Joe Bevilacqua.