The Four Million: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Four Million, credited to O. Henry, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of O. Henry's short story collection The Four Million. Born in 1862 and died in 1910, O. Henrys birth name is William Sydney Porter; however, he adopted the pen name O. Henry while in prison. He published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his lifetime. The Four Million is the second book written by O. Henry while he served time for embezzlement in a penitentiary in Ohio. The book is a series of short stories which take place in New York City in the early years of the 20th century and are representative of the surprise endings that popularized O. Henrys work. They also capture his use of coincidence or chance to create humor in the story. O Henry wrote about ordinary people in everyday circumstances. He is quoted as once saying, There are stories in everything. Ive got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts and newspaper stands. I hope you enjoy the following readings as much as I enjoyed recording them. (Summary by Marian Brown) For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Four Million
• Author credits: O. Henry
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 5:31:08

Catalogue topics

• short stories
• humor

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. Tobin's Palm — 16:44
2. The Gift of the Magi — 12:50
3. The Cosmopolite in a Cafe — 13:14
4. Between Rounds — 12:50
5. The Skylight Room — 14:28
6. A Service of Love — 12:43
7. The Coming-Out of Maggie — 15:54
8. Man About Town — 11:00
9. The Cop and The Anthem — 14:45
10. An Adjustment of Nature — 12:05
11. Memoirs of a Yellow Dog — 10:32
12. The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoestein — 11:24
13. Mammon and the Archer — 14:04
14. Springtime a la Carte — 14:29
15. The Green Door — 17:13
16. From the Cabby's Seat — 11:06
17. An Unfinished Story — 15:27
18. The Caliph, Cupid and Clock — 15:01
19. Sister of the Golden Circle — 14:41
20. The Romance of a Busy Broker — 9:35
21. After 20 Years — 7:41
22. Lost on Dress Parade — 15:10
23. By Courier — 8:25
24. The Furnished Room — 16:04

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