Strictly Business

More Stories of the Four Million

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	0. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910).	B' CD
	His short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characterization and the clever	DO CO
	use of twist endings. Indeed, 0. Henry is often credited with defining the short story
	as a literary art form. Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, is a	-J CD
	collection of twenty-three short stories that was first published in 1908. The setting is	DG
1 —	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	DO l — i
	collection of his short stories). You will meet a wide variety of characters from all
c_ =1 o	walks of life who are trying to make a living via honest (and sometimes dishonest)	CD
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H — '	there is a twist. But don’t take it personally if you get fooled, after all it is Strictly	-J
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