Little Clothbound Classics, created by the talented Coralie Bickford-Smith, are seductive miniature collections of essays, novellas, and short tales by the greatest authors in history. One of the most well-known American authors of the 20th century, O. Henry is regarded as a great master of the short story. This collection of tales features con artists, clerks, shop employees, tramps, and trickers and spans from Christmas in New York to the Texas cattle country. All of them showcase O. Henry's comedic sensibility, his talent for conveying speech and atmosphere, and his distinct perspective on life's unforeseen twists of fate.