A SACRIFICE HIT and THE FERRY OF UNFULLFILLMENT by O.HENRY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 4 August 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Up first: "A Sacrifice Hit" A romantic novel writer out to make himself a star at everyone else's expense marries a girl that he thinks can push him up the ladder of success. In "The Ferry of Unfulfillment, a lucky prospector returns from Alaska loaded with gold dust and looking for the girl of his dreams in New York City and finds her. She's returning home to New Jersey on the ferry after a long day of work and having trouble staying awake. They are both great stories you'll enjoy. STORIES BY O.HENRY PODCAST O.HENRY STORIES
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| 0:00.0 | And the Yeah, Welcome everyone to 1001 Classic Short Stories and Tales. |
| 0:34.6 | It's time for another Oh Henry's story, and today we have two stories for you. |
| 0:39.9 | After the stories, we're asking that you leave us a review either at apple or at castbox. |
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| 0:50.0 | we've done we'll read a few at the end of today's episode, so thank you. |
| 0:56.0 | Oh Henry's prolific writing period began in 1992 in |
| 1:00.0 | in New York City where he wrote 381 short stories. |
| 1:04.9 | He wrote one story a week for the New York World Sunday magazine for over a year. |
| 1:11.3 | Some of his best and least known work is contained in cabbages and kings whose title was inspired by Lewis Carroll's poem, The Walrus and The Carpenter. |
| 1:20.0 | His second collection of stories, The Four Million, was released in 1906. |
| 1:24.4 | Those stories like the ones today are set in New York City |
| 1:27.8 | and the title is based on the population of the city at that time, |
| 1:31.8 | The Four Million. The collection contains several of the city at that time, the 4 million. |
| 1:33.8 | The collection contains several short story |
| 1:35.7 | masterpieces, including the gift of the Magi, |
| 1:38.4 | which we have in our archives, |
| 1:40.0 | the cop in the anthem, which is coming up |
| 1:42.0 | one of these days soon and many others. |
| 1:45.1 | Henry had an obvious affection for New York City and its diversity of people and places, |
| 1:50.1 | a reverence that rises up through many of his stories. |
| 1:54.7 | Today a double-headed beginning with a sacrifice hit by O Henry. |
| 2:07.5 | The editor of Hartstone magazine had his own ideas about the selection of manuscript for his publication. His theory is no secret. In fact he will expound it to you willingly sitting at his mahogany desk, |
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