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The Gentle Grafter
O. Henry
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If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" instead of the "Gentle Grafter", the name O. Henry picked for him. His situation as an ethical graft artist gives Jeff an extra impediment in pursuing his craft, but he never wanted it to be too easy. The result is fourteen delightful tales for us and a number of new partners for him. With those partners (he always has at least one) he works his way through a number of confidence games. Some they win, some they lose, some go into extra innings. They seem never to end just the way you figure they will. In the end he conquers almost all, except for the English language, which often seems to defeat him.
If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" instead of the "Gentle Grafter", the name O. Henry picked for him. His situation as an ethical graft artist gives Jeff an extra impediment in pursuing his craft, but he never wanted it to be too easy. The result is fourteen delightful tales for us and a number of new partners for him. With those partners (he always has at least one) he works his way through a number of confidence games. Some they win, some they lose, some go into extra innings. They seem never to end just the way you figure they will. In the end he conquers almost all, except for the English language, which often seems to defeat him.
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"'One dollar and eighty cents,' says the farmer hefting it in his hand. 'Is it a trade?'
"'The lead in it is worth more than that,' says I, dignified. I put it back in my pocket.
"'All right,' says he. 'But I sort of wanted it for the collection I'm starting. I got a $5,000 one last week for $2.10.'
"Just then a telephone bell rings in the house.
"'Come in, Bunk,' says the farmer, 'and look at my place. It's kind of lonesome here sometimes. I think that's New York calling.'
"We went inside. The room looked like a Broadway stockbroker's—light oak desks, two 'phones, Spanish leather upholstered chairs and couches, oil paintings in gilt frames a foot deep and a ticker hitting off the news in one corner.
"'Hello, hello!' says this funny farmer. 'Is that th. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
A great disservice has been done to O. Henry by anthologists who seem incapable of reading beyond his most hackneyed, sentimental pieces. In his best pieces, his colorful use of vernacular and his ability to capture the spirit of his times is wonderfully entertaining.
If your opinion of O.Henry is b
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Humorous, and almost instructional, tales of graft and slickery.
The Gentle Grafter is one of the collections of O. Henry’s short stories. Officially, O. Henry only wrote one novel, entitled Cabbages & Kings, which consisted of a series of interconnected short stories, and is considered a novel due to the interconnected nature of the stories and the thematic unit
ENTERTAINING SHORT STORIES.
“ ‘Drink,’ says Andy, ‘always drives me to oratory.’ ” —The Octopus Marooned, (p. 6).
O. Henry has long been my go to guy whenever the bill of fare calls for highly entertaining, terrifically well written short stories. The Gentle Grafter is a collection of fourteen such s
There is a wonderful irony in O Henry’s short story collection, The Gentle Grafter (Kindle edition). Almost every American has read The Gift of the Magi. It has become a cultural meme. A warm hearted story of loving and gifting. These are also warm hearted stories of con men and grafting. Think of D
ENTERTAINING SHORT STORIES.
“ ‘Drink,’ says Andy, ‘always drives me to oratory.’ ” —The Octopus Marooned, (p. 6).
O. Henry has long been my go to guy whenever the bill of fare calls for highly entertaining, terrifically well written short stories. The Gentle Grafter is a collection of fourteen such s