The Prisoner Of Zembla, O. Henry
The Prisoner Of Zembla, O. Henry
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The Prisoner Of Zembla

Author: O. Henry

Narrator: Maria Tolkacheva

Unabridged: 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/21/2015

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories


Synopsis

Read an amusing story of a famous American writer O. Henry. It will leave a pleasant feeling and make you smile after reading. The Prisoner of Zembla is a story about an incident happened long time ago in one kingdom. From the first sight the plot is quite common - the King argued with his daughter and announced about a joust. The price was princess herself. Many honoured knights came to fight for princess, they admired her beauty, but when saw her chewing a gum, saddle their horses and rode away. Only two left. One of them was princess' beloved. He won the joust, but princess is not what he wants. This funny story will entertain and cheer you up.A SmartTouch Media production.

Author Bio

O. Henry, the pseudonym of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), was a prolific American short story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance, is typical of his stories. During his lifetime, O. Henry published over six hundred stories and ten collections, including Cabbages and Kings, The Four Million, The Trimmed Lamp, Whirligigs, and The Heart of the West.

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