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Chosen by the Society of Arts and Sciences, these stories comprise the best written in the year 1919. From the preface" Enthusiasm, both immediate and lasting, indicated to the Managing Director of the Society, Mr. John F. Tucker, that he might progress hopefully toward an ideal he had, for some time, envisioned. The goal lay in the establishing of a memorial to the author who had transmuted realistic New York into romantic Bagdad-by-the-Subway." Stories chosen in this year were England to America, For they Know not What They Do, They Grind Exceeding Small, On Strike, The Elephant remembers, Turkey Red, Five Thousand Dollars Reward, The Blood of the Dragon, Humoresque, The Lubbeny Kiss, The Trial in Tom Belcher's Store, Porcelain Cups, The High Cost of Conscious, The Kitchen Gods, and April 25th as Usual.
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Excerpt from O. Henry Memorial Award, Prize Stories of 1919: Chosen by the Society of Arts and Sciences In short, then, it was decided to Offer a minimum prize Of $250 for the best short story published in 1919, and the following Committee of Award was appointed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1923: Chosen by the Society of Arts and Sciences Willoughby, Barrett, The Law of the Trap Line (american, November). Wood, Frances Gilchrist, The pick-up Job (pictorial Review, May); And Hear - the Angels - Sing (delineator, December). From the first list were selected the stories here offered. Again, out of this smaller number three were voted the annual prizes. To Prelude, by Edgar Valentine Smith, goes the first award of $500; to A Friend of Napoleon, by Richard Connell, the second, of $2 50 to Towers of Fame, by Elizabeth Irons Folsom, the special prize of $100 for the best brief story under words. One member wished to record a preference for The Distant Street as first winner, and also urged Richard Connell's A New York Knight for second winner. With one exception, and with the result stated, every story on the first list was considered in making the awards. The exception is the work of Frances Gilchrist Wood. The Committee having indicated their appreciation of its high merit, Mrs. Wood, herself a member of the Com mittee, consented to a place on the/lists; but, as a matter of course, she refused to enter any one of her stories as a candi date for the awards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Dieses klassische Buch wurde ursprünglich vor Jahrzehnten veröffentlicht als O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 . Es wurde jetzt von Writat für seine deutschsprachigen Leser ins Deutsche übersetzt. Bei Writat liegt uns die Bewahrung des literarischen Erbes der Vergangenheit sehr am Herzen. Wir haben dieses Buch ins Deutsche übersetzt, damit es heutige und zukünftige Generationen lesen und bewahren können.