Complete Works of O. Henry

Only received volume 2, and the order was for Complete Works, no mention of volumes. Now I see somebody else already got volume 1. I guess I should feel happy there were only two volumes so I'm missing only a half, it could have been two-thirds or more had there been more volumes. Disappointing experience, feel cheated!

the seller only sold volume 1.

I am not sure if the reviewer who complained about the clarity was looking at a previous version, but the one I just downloaded looks great. Better yet the master table of contents lists the various collections of O Henry's work. Clicking on a collection takes you to a clickable table of contents for the collection. This makes navigation very easy for a "complete works" anthology. If you like O Henry, this is well worth owning.

This was an excellent purchase; I gave it as a Christmas gift to my daughter. It arrived promptly in great condition - and looks almost new despite being a used book. This seller exceeded my expectations.

O'Henry wrote terrific short stories and he was noted for his twist(unexpected) endings. Fun read and you can read a whole story in short while since they are all short stories. Two stories I loved: The Cabellero's Way(the famous movies and TV series the Cisco Kid was based on this only you will see that they took huge liberties with the character in the screen versions. The short story is far better. And The Ransom of Red Chief; about a horrendous child that is kidnapped. Only he is so aggravating that the story has unexpected results(very funny).

A hundred years ago when I went to school, "The ransom of Red Chief" was REQUIRED (gag me with a spoon!) reading. I was an avid reading convert from then on. This book is full of great stories (The Octopus Marooned, The Princess and the Puma, ...)and neat phrases ("He was the kind of guy that if he saw a dollar in another man's hand, he would take it as a personal insult, if he couldn't get it any other way." "He was as busy as a one armed paper hanger with the nettle rash.") Do yourself a favor. Allow the Grand Master of the Short Story to fill your empty hours with pure delight.