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, conveyed in grotesque situations contrasts and paradoxes of their 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. “Well, how’s the shirt, Sam?” In order? - asked Mrs. Weber, without getting up from the rocking chair, in which she comfortably sat under the Virginia oak tree, taking with her, so as not to get bored, a cheap paperback book. “You bet, Martha,” Sam responded in a suspiciously meek voice. – It’s beautiful, how everything fits together. At first I was in the mood to make some noise, to make a row about how there weren’t even a single button, but then I saw that the buttonholes were also all torn, so there was no point in being upset about the buttons.…»