![]() ![]() This caused reviewers and critics alike to label O. The stories in The Four Million were set in New York City. Either way, nearly five million books were sold by the 1920s. Henry's serious career as a writer and, some say, his reputation as a true American literary artist. The French and Russians, in particular, admired his plots' tightness, crisp proportions, and neutral moral stance. In addition, he also enjoyed some vogue in Europe. Henry was called a "born storyteller" and was praised as "the American Maupassant." In addition to the famous French short story writer Guy de Maupassant, reviewers frequently compared him to Bret Harte, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens. Henry was one of the first true literary artists to achieve commercial success. Henry's most famous stories, "The Gift of the Magi," "The Cop and the Anthem," and "The Furnished Room." The Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock concluded that O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862–1910), appeared in 1906 to largely laudatory reviews in the Atlantic Monthly, the Critic, the New York Times, and the Independent, among other publications. The Four Million, a collection of twenty-five short stories by O. ![]()
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