Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million
O. Henry
Read by Warren Kati
O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). His short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characterization and the clever use of twist endings. Indeed, O. Henry is often credited with defining the short story as a literary art form. Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, is a collection of twenty-three short stories that was first published in 1908. The setting is New York City in the first decade of the 1900’s (the Four Million in the subtitle is a reference to the population of the city at that time as well as to the title of an earlier collection of his short stories). You will meet a wide variety of characters from all walks of life who are trying to make a living via honest (and sometimes dishonest) means. Personal interactions and business transactions abound, but sometimes there is a twist. But don’t take it personally if you get fooled, after all it is Strictly Business. - Summary by Warren Kati (8 hr 44 min)
Chapters
Strictly Business | 31:25 | Read by Warren Kati |
The Gold that Glittered | 22:15 | Read by Warren Kati |
Babes in the Jungle | 14:53 | Read by Warren Kati |
The Day Resurgent | 17:23 | Read by Warren Kati |
The Fifth Wheel | 30:03 | Read by Warren Kati |
The Poet and the Peasant | 16:12 | Read by Warren Kati |
The Robe of Peace | 12:40 | Read by Warren Kati |
The Girl and the Graft | 15:41 | Read by Warren Kati |
The Call of the Tame | 14:40 | Read by Warren Kati |
The Unknown Quantity | 15:28 | Read by Warren Kati |
The Thing's the Play | 20:50 | Read by Warren Kati |
A Ramble in Aphasia | 30:22 | Read by Warren Kati |
A Municipal Report | 44:38 | Read by Warren Kati |
Psyche and the Pskyscraper | 18:06 | Read by Warren Kati |
A Bird of Baghdad | 19:31 | Read by Warren Kati |
Compliments of the Season | 27:11 | Read by Warren Kati |
A Night in New Arabia | 36:44 | Read by Warren Kati |
The Girl and the Habit | 15:22 | Read by Warren Kati |
Proof of the Pudding | 24:27 | Read by Warren Kati |
Past One at Rooney's | 34:44 | Read by Warren Kati |
The Venturers | 33:01 | Read by Warren Kati |
The Duel | 14:17 | Read by Warren Kati |
"What You Want" | 15:03 | Read by Warren Kati |