Roads Of Destiny (short Story Collection)
''Roads of Destiny'' is a story collection by O. Henry, published in April 1909. There are twenty-two stories. Contents * "Roads of Destiny" * "The Guardian of the Accolade" * "The Discounters of Money" * "The Enchanted Profile" * "'Next to Reading Matter'" * "Art and the Bronco" * "Phoebe" * "A Double-dyed Deceiver" * "The Passing of Black Eagle" * "A Retrieved Reformation "A Retrieved Reformation" is a short story by American author O. Henry first published in '' The Cosmopolitan Magazine'', April 1903. The original title was "A Retrieved Reform". It was illustrated by A.I. Keller. History The story describes ..." * "Cherchez la Femme" * "Friends in San Rosario" * "The Fourth in Salvador" * "The Emancipation of Billy" * "The Enchanted Kiss" * "A Departmental Case" * "The Renaissance at Charleroi" * "On Behalf of the Management" * "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking" * "The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss" * "Two Renegades" * "The Lonesome Road" References 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Doubleday (publisher)
Doubleday is an American publishing company. It was founded as the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 and was the largest in the United States by 1947. It published the work of mostly U.S. authors under a number of imprints and distributed them through its own stores. In 2009 Doubleday merged with Knopf Publishing Group to form the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, which is now part of Penguin Random House. In 2019, the official website presents Doubleday as an imprint, not a publisher. History The firm was founded as Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 by Frank Nelson Doubleday in partnership with Samuel Sidney McClure. McClure had founded the first U.S. newspaper syndicate in 1884 (McClure Syndicate) and the monthly ''McClure's Magazine'' in 1893. One of their first bestsellers was ''The Day's Work'' by Rudyard Kipling, a short story collection that Macmillan published in Britain late in 1898. Other authors published by the company in its early years include W. Somerset M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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A Retrieved Reformation
"A Retrieved Reformation" is a short story by American author O. Henry first published in '' The Cosmopolitan Magazine'', April 1903. The original title was "A Retrieved Reform". It was illustrated by A.I. Keller. History The story describes the events which lead up to the reformation of an ex-convict. In 1910, dramatist Paul Armstrong adapted the story into a highly successful Broadway play under the title ''Alias Jimmy Valentine'' which ran 155 performances at Wallack's Theatre in New York. The play was subsequently adapted for several film versions: * In 1915 '' Alias Jimmy Valentine'' directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Robert Warwick that was distributed by World Film. * In 1920 '' Alias Jimmy Valentine'' directed by Edmund Mortimer and Arthur Ripley, and starring Bert Lytell, released through Metro Pictures. * In 1928 directed by Jack Conway and starring William Haines that was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first sound film with dialogue sequences. * In 1942 '' The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1909 Short Story Collections
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American Short Story Collections
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |