# Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million

An audiobook by O. Henry, read by LibriVox volunteers (8 h 45 min, English).

O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). His short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characterization and the clever use of twist endings. Indeed, O. Henry is often credited with defining the short story as a literary art form. Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, is a collection of twenty-three short stories that was first published in 1908. The setting is New York City in the first decade of the 1900’s (the Four Million in the subtitle is a reference to the population of the city at that time as well as to the title of an earlier collection of his short stories). You will meet a wide variety of characters from all walks of life who are trying to make a living via honest (and sometimes dishonest) means. Personal interactions and business transactions abound, but sometimes there is a twist. But don’t take it personally if you get fooled, after all it is Strictly Business. - Summary by Warren Kati

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## Chapters

1. Strictly Business (31:25): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_01_henry_64kb.mp3
2. The Gold that Glittered (22:15): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_02_henry_64kb.mp3
3. Babes in the Jungle (14:53): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_03_henry_64kb.mp3
4. The Day Resurgent (17:23): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_04_henry_64kb.mp3
5. The Fifth Wheel (30:03): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_05_henry_64kb.mp3
6. The Poet and the Peasant (16:12): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_06_henry_64kb.mp3
7. The Robe of Peace (12:40): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_07_henry_64kb.mp3
8. The Girl and the Graft (15:41): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_08_henry_64kb.mp3
9. The Call of the Tame (14:40): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_09_henry_64kb.mp3
10. The Unknown Quantity (15:28): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_10_henry_64kb.mp3
11. The Thing's the Play (20:50): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_11_henry_64kb.mp3
12. A Ramble in Aphasia (30:22): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_12_henry_64kb.mp3
13. A Municipal Report (44:38): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_13_henry_64kb.mp3
14. Psyche and the Pskyscraper (18:06): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_14_henry_64kb.mp3
15. A Bird of Baghdad (19:31): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_15_henry_64kb.mp3
16. Compliments of the Season (27:11): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_16_henry_64kb.mp3
17. A Night in New Arabia (36:44): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_17_henry_64kb.mp3
18. The Girl and the Habit (15:22): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_18_henry_64kb.mp3
19. Proof of the Pudding (24:27): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_19_henry_64kb.mp3
20. Past One at Rooney's (34:44): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_20_henry_64kb.mp3
21. The Venturers (33:01): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_21_henry_64kb.mp3
22. The Duel (14:17): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_22_henry_64kb.mp3
23. "What You Want" (15:03): https://archive.org/download/strictlybusiness_2002_librivox/strictlybusiness_23_henry_64kb.mp3