欧·亨利是美国最杰出的短篇小说家之一，曾被评论界誉为曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父。他的作品构思新颖，语言诙谐，结局总使人感到“既在情理之中，又在意料之外”；又因描写了众多的人物，富于生活情趣，被誉为“美国生活的的幽默百科全书”。

本书收录了他的42篇经典短篇小说。

本书收录了欧·亨利的42篇经典短篇小说，包括《警察与赞美诗》、《麦琪的礼物》和《最后一片叶子》等。这些故事如此贴近生活，让你以为就发生在自己身边。可是，就在你忍不住对这种熟悉感感到厌倦之前，他又狠狠地抛出一个出人意料的结局，然后在你的目瞪口呆中扬长而去，只留下你独自思索，独自流泪，独自微笑。

Chapter 1 The Gift of fhe Magi

Chapter 2 A Cosmopolife in a Cafe

Chapter 3 Between Rounds

Chapter 4 The Skylighf Room

Chapter 5 A Service of Love

Chapter 6 The Cop and fhe Anfhem

Chapter 7 Memoirs of a Yellow Dog

Chapter 8 The Lovo-Pbilfre of Ikey Schoensfein

Chapter 9 Mammon and fhe Archer

Chapter 10 Springfime a la Carlo

Chapter 11 From fhe Cabby's Seat

Chapter 12 An Unfinished Sfory

Chapter 13 The Romance of a Busy Broker

Chapter 14 The Furnished Room

Chapter 15 The Trimmed Lamp

Chapter 16 The Pendulum

Chapter 17 The Making of a Hew Yorker

Chapter 18 The Lost Blend

Chapter 19 A Harlem Tragedy

Chapter 20 The Lasf Leaf

Chapter 21 The Counf and the Wedding Guesf

Chapter 22 Jeff Parers as a Personal Magnef

Chapter 23 The Hand/hal Riles fhe World

Chapter 24 The Exacf Science of Mafrimony

Chapter 25 Conscience in Arf

Chapter 26 A Municipal Reporf

Chapter 27 Buried Treasure

Chapter 28 The Sleufhs

Chapter 29 Wifchcs" Loaves

Chapter 30 The Dup/icify of Hargraves

Chapter 31 Roads of Desfiny

Chapter 32 The Enchanfed Profile

Chapter 33 A DouWe-Dyed Deceiver

Chapter 34 The Passing of Black Eagle

Chapter 35 A Refrieved ReFormafion

Chapter 36 A Lickpenny Lover

Chapter 37 While fhe Aufo Waifs

Chapter 38 One Thousand Dollars

Chapter 39 "GIRL"

Chapter 40 A Technical Error

Chapter 41 A Blackjack Bargainer

Chapter 42 The Afavism of John Tom Liffla Bear