O Henry

The Four Million O Henry

The Four Million by O. Henry

O. HENRY (1862 - 1910) Born in 1862 and died in 1910, O. Henry's birth name is William Sydney Porter; however, he adopted the pseudonym O. Henry while in prison. He published 10 collections and more than 600 short stories during his lifetime.

The Four Million is the second book written by O. Henry while serving time for embezzlement in an Ohio penitentiary. The book is a series of short stories that take place in New York City in the early years of the 20th century and are representative of the surprise endings that popularized O. Henry's work. They also capture his use of coincidence or chance to create humor in the story. Or Henry wrote about ordinary people in everyday circumstances. He is quoted as saying once: "There are stories in everything. I have some of my best wires from park benches, street lamps and kiosks. "