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O. Henry is the pen name of William Sydney Porter, a recognized master of short stories with unexpected endings. The collection "Four Million" first appeared in 1906. At that time, there existed a special elite class in New York — millionaires living a secluded life. It consisted of no more than four hundred people, and newspaper writers believed that only these individuals deserved interest. O. Henry disagreed with them; he believed that all four million residents of New York were equally worthy of attention. After this book, O. Henry became famous throughout America. The book includes selected stories from the collection "Four Million".