O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories Of 1920
A young generation's sharp cynicism meets the restraint and duty that sustain a long-hidden relationship. Watching an aging uncle and the woman he has quietly loved for years, Burt shows how affection can survive without ever becoming public, even as the postwar mood sharpens every judgment.
Work Information
A twenty-year silence looks like mere social pretense to the young, yet beneath it are layers of affection, restraint, and self-sacrifice.
Maxwell Struthers Burt's prize-winning story quietly illuminates the long relationship between an older man and a widow through the eyes of the younger generation. What first looks like social etiquette gradually reveals loyalty, tact, and the fragile pride people preserve in public, leaving the story with a lasting afterglow.
Review Summaries
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Contemporary criticism treats the story as a carefully observed piece that captures real people with unusual conviction.
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Readers tend to see it as a representative piece whose value grows when read within the larger O. Henry collection.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Kessinger Pub Co
- Published
- 2004-06-30
- Pages
- 356 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 19 x 2.06 x 23.83 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781419137631
- ISBN-10
- 1419137638
- Price
- 6808 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Anthologies & Literary Collections/General
The ""O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories Of 1920"" is a collection of short stories written by various authors. The book is named after William Sydney Porter, who was an American writer known by his pen name, O. Henry. The O. Henry Memorial Award is given annually to the best short stories published in American and Canadian magazines. This book contains the prize-winning stories from the year 1920. The stories are diverse in their themes and styles, ranging from romantic to suspenseful to humorous. The authors include both established and emerging writers, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edna Ferber, and Sinclair Lewis. The book is a testament to the power of short stories to capture the imagination and emotions of readers. It is a must-read for anyone who appreciates the art of storytelling.Betty Medill would marry him and she wouldn't marry him. She was having such a good time that she hated to take such a definite step. Meanwhile, their secret engagement had got so long that it seemed as if any day it might break off of its own weight. A little man named Warburton, who knew it all, persuaded Perry to superman her, to get a marriage license and go up to the Medill house and tell her she'd have to marry him at once or call it off forever. This is some stunt--but Perry tried it on December the twenty-ninth.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
Related Literary Awards
- O. Henry Award Edition 2 (1920) ・Winner