The Trimmed Lamp

and other Stories of the Four Million

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Paperback, 172 Seiten

English language

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ISBN:
978-1-4346-6504-1
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OCLC Nummer:
232988356

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O. Henry's short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings. Contents: The Trimmed Lamp; A Madison Square Arabian Night; The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball; The Pendulum; Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen; The Assessor of Success; The Buyer from Cactus City; The Badge of Policeman O'roon; Brickdust Row; The Making of a New Yorker; Vanity and Some Sables; The Social Triangle; The Purple Dress; The Foreign Policy of Company 99; The Lost Blend; A Harlem Tragedy; "The Guilty Party"--An East Side Tragedy; According to Their Lights; A Midsummer Knight's Dream; The Last Leaf; The Count and the Wedding Guest; The Country of Elusion; The Ferry of Unfulfilment; The Tale of a Tainted Tenner.

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Not one of my favourite O. Henry collections, and I've read them all. Bleaker and less poetic - still, not bad. There are several stories on the theme of - misplaced envy? Misunderstandings about how the other half lives? About, say, a poor guy looking hungry while being full, and a swell guy looking comfortable but secretly starved.

The pinnacle of this is "The Social Triangle", with working-class Ikey Snigglefritz being proud to shake rich Billy McMahan's hand, who is then shown to be proud to shake classy Cortlandt Van Duyckink's hand, who is finally happy upon shaking the hand of - Ikey Snigglefritz.

This reminded me of William Tenn's short story "The Servant Problem", where in a dystopic world, where everything and everyone is controlled by one person and ultimate ruler, except for one person, who secretly rules him, who themselves are secretly beholden to one other person who …

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