About the book: year / One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened up space for people with business acumen, whom the game of chance either lifts to the pinnacle of success, or casts down to the very bottom of life. “A young man in cramped circumstances, if he came to New York to become writer, and, moreover, carefully studied the battlefield in advance, only one thing needs to be done. We need to go straight to Madison Square, write an essay about the local sparrows and sell it to the editors of the Sun for fifteen dollars.“…»