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</div></div><div class="author_page">	<div class="author_bio_name">O. HENRY (1862-1910)<div class="author_index"></div></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="author_bio_header" id="stories">STORIES</div>
	<div class="library_stories"><div class="library_cover"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/GirlHabi.shtml"><img class="featured_img" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_g_generic_cover.png" alt="Cover Image" width="80" height="120"></a></div><div class="library_text"><div class="sl_title"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/GirlHabi.shtml">The Girl And The Habit</a></div><div class="sl_author">by <a href="read_db.pl?search_field=author_id&amp;search_for=OHenry&amp;order_by=author_last,title&amp;page=1" >O. Henry</a></div><div class="sl_description">The story of Miss Merriam, the lovely, capable cashier at Hinkle's.</div><div class="sl_info_all"><div class="sl_info">- Length: 5 pages</div><div class="sl_info">- Age Rating: PG</div><div class="sl_info">- Genre: Fiction</div><div class="sl_info">- <a href="javascript:f_story_show_comments('http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/GirlHabi.shtml#viewaddcomments')">9 Comments</a></div></div><div class="sl_rating_div"><img alt="4 Stars" class="sl_rating" height="12" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_i_star_4_fiction.png"></div></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="library_cover"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/RobePeac.shtml"><img class="featured_img" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_g_generic_cover.png" alt="Cover Image" width="80" height="120"></a></div><div class="library_text"><div class="sl_title"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/RobePeac.shtml">The Robe Of Peace</a></div><div class="sl_author">by <a href="read_db.pl?search_field=author_id&amp;search_for=OHenry&amp;order_by=author_last,title&amp;page=1" >O. Henry</a></div><div class="sl_description">The strange and incredible truth behind the sudden disappearance of Johnny Bellchambers.</div><div class="sl_info_all"><div class="sl_info">- Length: 5 pages</div><div class="sl_info">- Age Rating: PG</div><div class="sl_info">- Genre: Humor</div><div class="sl_info">- <a href="javascript:f_story_show_comments('http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/RobePeac.shtml#viewaddcomments')">26 Comments</a></div></div><div class="sl_rating_div"><img alt="4 Stars" class="sl_rating" height="12" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_i_star_4_humour.png"></div></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="library_cover"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/WhatYou.shtml"><img class="featured_img" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_g_generic_cover.png" alt="Cover Image" width="80" height="120"></a></div><div class="library_text"><div class="sl_title"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/WhatYou.shtml">"What You Want"</a></div><div class="sl_author">by <a href="read_db.pl?search_field=author_id&amp;search_for=OHenry&amp;order_by=author_last,title&amp;page=1" >O. Henry</a></div><div class="sl_description">A man rich enough to despise everything that money can buy goes out and tries to want something that he can't pay for.</div><div class="sl_info_all"><div class="sl_info">- Length: 6 pages</div><div class="sl_info">- Age Rating: PG</div><div class="sl_info">- Genre: Fiction</div><div class="sl_info">- <a href="javascript:f_story_show_comments('http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/WhatYou.shtml#viewaddcomments')">19 Comments</a></div></div><div class="sl_rating_div"><img alt="5 Stars" class="sl_rating" height="12" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_i_star_5_fiction.png"></div></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="library_cover"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Duel.shtml"><img class="featured_img" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_g_generic_cover.png" alt="Cover Image" width="80" height="120"></a></div><div class="library_text"><div class="sl_title"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Duel.shtml">The Duel</a></div><div class="sl_author">by <a href="read_db.pl?search_field=author_id&amp;search_for=OHenry&amp;order_by=author_last,title&amp;page=1" >O. Henry</a></div><div class="sl_description">An artist and a businessman travel from the west to seek their fortunes in New York.</div><div class="sl_info_all"><div class="sl_info">- Length: 6 pages</div><div class="sl_info">- Age Rating: PG</div><div class="sl_info">- Genre: Fiction</div><div class="sl_info">- <a href="javascript:f_story_show_comments('http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Duel.shtml#viewaddcomments')">6 Comments</a></div></div><div class="sl_rating_div"><img alt="4 Stars" class="sl_rating" height="12" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_i_star_4_fiction.png"></div></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="library_cover"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/GifMag.shtml"><img class="featured_img" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_g_generic_cover.png" alt="Cover Image" width="80" height="120"></a></div><div class="library_text"><div class="sl_title"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/GifMag.shtml">The Gift of the Magi</a></div><div class="sl_author">by <a href="read_db.pl?search_field=author_id&amp;search_for=OHenry&amp;order_by=author_last,title&amp;page=1" >O. Henry</a></div><div class="sl_description">A trigic, ironic Christmas for one hard up couple.</div><div class="sl_info_all"><div class="sl_info">- Length: 6 pages</div><div class="sl_info">- Age Rating: PG</div><div class="sl_info">- Genre: Fiction</div><div class="sl_info">- <a href="javascript:f_story_show_comments('http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/GifMag.shtml#viewaddcomments')">118 Comments</a></div></div><div class="sl_rating_div"><img alt="5 Stars" class="sl_rating" height="12" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_i_star_5_fiction.png"></div></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="library_cover"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/CallTame.shtml"><img class="featured_img" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_g_generic_cover.png" alt="Cover Image" width="80" height="120"></a></div><div class="library_text"><div class="sl_title"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/CallTame.shtml">The Call Of The Tame</a></div><div class="sl_author">by <a href="read_db.pl?search_field=author_id&amp;search_for=OHenry&amp;order_by=author_last,title&amp;page=1" >O. Henry</a></div><div class="sl_description">An Arizona man on a brief trip to New York bumps into an old friend - but finds him changed by his seven years in the city.</div><div class="sl_info_all"><div class="sl_info">- Length: 7 pages</div><div class="sl_info">- Age Rating: PG</div><div class="sl_info">- Genre: Fiction</div><div class="sl_info">- <a href="javascript:f_story_show_comments('http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/CallTame.shtml#viewaddcomments')">1 Comments</a></div></div><div class="sl_rating_div"><img alt="4 Stars" class="sl_rating" height="12" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_i_star_4_fiction.png"></div></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="library_cover"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/UnknQuan.shtml"><img class="featured_img" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_g_generic_cover.png" alt="Cover Image" width="80" height="120"></a></div><div class="library_text"><div class="sl_title"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/UnknQuan.shtml">The Unknown Quantity</a></div><div class="sl_author">by <a href="read_db.pl?search_field=author_id&amp;search_for=OHenry&amp;order_by=author_last,title&amp;page=1" >O. Henry</a></div><div class="sl_description">A heir has an attack of concience and tries to 'pay back' his capitalist father's ill-gotten gains - but finds it harder than he imagined.</div><div class="sl_info_all"><div class="sl_info">- Length: 7 pages</div><div class="sl_info">- Age Rating: PG</div><div class="sl_info">- Genre: Fiction</div></div><div class="sl_rating_div"><img alt="4 Stars" class="sl_rating" height="12" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_i_star_4_fiction.png"></div></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="library_cover"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/GirlGraf.shtml"><img class="featured_img" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_g_generic_cover.png" alt="Cover Image" width="80" height="120"></a></div><div class="library_text"><div class="sl_title"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/GirlGraf.shtml">The Girl And The Graft</a></div><div class="sl_author">by <a href="read_db.pl?search_field=author_id&amp;search_for=OHenry&amp;order_by=author_last,title&amp;page=1" >O. Henry</a></div><div class="sl_description">A New York gentleman desperate for attention from the press enlists the help of a grafter - who learns a valuable lesson about women.</div><div class="sl_info_all"><div class="sl_info">- Length: 7 pages</div><div class="sl_info">- Age Rating: PG</div><div class="sl_info">- Genre: Humor</div><div class="sl_info">- <a href="javascript:f_story_show_comments('http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/GirlGraf.shtml#viewaddcomments')">7 Comments</a></div></div><div class="sl_rating_div"><img alt="4 Stars" class="sl_rating" height="12" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_i_star_4_humour.png"></div></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="library_cover"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/PoetPeas.shtml"><img class="featured_img" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_g_generic_cover.png" alt="Cover Image" width="80" height="120"></a></div><div class="library_text"><div class="sl_title"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/PoetPeas.shtml">The Poet And The Peasant</a></div><div class="sl_author">by <a href="read_db.pl?search_field=author_id&amp;search_for=OHenry&amp;order_by=author_last,title&amp;page=1" >O. Henry</a></div><div class="sl_description">A country boy arrives in the city - but is mistaken for a confidence trickster.</div><div class="sl_info_all"><div class="sl_info">- Length: 7 pages</div><div class="sl_info">- Age Rating: PG</div><div class="sl_info">- Genre: Fiction</div><div class="sl_info">- <a href="javascript:f_story_show_comments('http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/PoetPeas.shtml#viewaddcomments')">7 Comments</a></div></div><div class="sl_rating_div"><img alt="5 Stars" class="sl_rating" height="12" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_i_star_5_fiction.png"></div></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="library_cover"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/DayResu.shtml"><img class="featured_img" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_g_generic_cover.png" alt="Cover Image" width="80" height="120"></a></div><div class="library_text"><div class="sl_title"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/DayResu.shtml">The Day Resurgent</a></div><div class="sl_author">by <a href="read_db.pl?search_field=author_id&amp;search_for=OHenry&amp;order_by=author_last,title&amp;page=1" >O. Henry</a></div><div class="sl_description">Danny McCree wakes up one morning to find it's Easter Day and his father's on about hippopotamuses.</div><div class="sl_info_all"><div class="sl_info">- Length: 7 pages</div><div class="sl_info">- Age Rating: PG</div><div class="sl_info">- Genre: Fiction</div><div class="sl_info">- <a href="javascript:f_story_show_comments('http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/DayResu.shtml#viewaddcomments')">1 Comments</a></div></div><div class="sl_rating_div"><img alt="4 Stars" class="sl_rating" height="12" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_i_star_4_fiction.png"></div></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="library_cover"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/BabeJung.shtml"><img class="featured_img" src="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/images/web_g_generic_cover.png" alt="Cover Image" width="80" height="120"></a></div><div class="library_text"><div class="sl_title"><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/BabeJung.shtml">Babes In The Jungle</a></div><div class="sl_author">by <a href="read_db.pl?search_field=author_id&amp;search_for=OHenry&amp;order_by=author_last,title&amp;page=1" >O. 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