欧·亨利著的《欧·亨利短篇小说精选(附词汇注解)(英文版)》一共收录了欧·亨利的四十余篇经典的短篇小说,这些小说构思巧妙、语言幽默风趣、结局出人意料,深入刻画了芸芸众生的平凡生活。这四十余篇经典小说选自作者不同时期的创作,非常具有代表性,描绘了欧·亨利眼中的广阔的世界,从他挚爱的纽约街道到国界以南充满异域风情的地方,故事在令人啼笑皆非中又显露出悲悯,独特的幽默和不到最后一秒绝对猜不到的结局带给人拍案叫绝的读书体验。
Chapter I The Gift of the Magi
Chapter II The Last Leaf
Chapter III The Cop and the Anthem
Chapter IV The Skylight Room
Chapter V The Pendulum
Chapter VI Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
Chapter VII The Romance of a Busy Broker
Chapter VIII Witches' Loaves
Chapter IX The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein
Chapter X A Cosmopolite in a Cafe
Chapter XI The Furnished Room
Chapter XII Springtime a La Carte
Chapter XIII Mammon and the Archer
Chapter XIV One Thousand Dollars
Chapter XV The Trimmed Lamp
Chapter XVI A Midsummer Knight's Dream
Chapter XVII The Rathskeller and the Rose
Chapter XVIII The Man Higher Up
Chapter XIX A Double-Dyed Deceiver
Chapter XX Between Rounds
Chapter XXI Shearing the Wolf
Chapter XXII Next to Reading Matter
Chapter XXIII Lost on Dress Parade
Chapter XXIV The Princess and the Puma
Chapter XXV The Sphinx Apple