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Original Title: | The Ransom of Red Chief |
ISBN: | 0194232158 (ISBN13: 9780194232159) |
O. Henry
Hardcover | Pages: 32 pages Rating: 4.16 | 5593 Users | 200 Reviews
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Starters are an introductory level to the new Oxford Bookworms Library, suitable for readers in their first or second years of learning English. The Starters series are original stories in a variety of formats: narrative, interactive, and comic strip. They contain glossaries and exercises and are carefully graded in structure and vocabulary. Cassettes are available for some titles.
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Title | : | The Ransom of Red Chief |
Author | : | O. Henry |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 32 pages |
Published | : | February 8th 2001 (first published January 1st 1907) |
Categories | : | Short Stories. Classics. Fiction. Humor. Young Adult |
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Ratings: 4.16 From 5593 Users | 200 ReviewsCriticism Epithetical Books The Ransom of Red Chief
3.5 starsim still reading but so far so good
Free online link to the story here: https://www.shortstoryproject.com/sto...More for a kid than an adult. Read it to your son or grandchild maybe.

December buddy read with my non-crunchy pantsless group of crazies.__________________________________________I have a very temperamental relationship with this author. At times, I read things he's written and I'm like:And other times I'm likeWith Ransom of Red Chief I was likeO. Henry is notorious for writing short stories with a twist ending. Sometimes the twist is satirical, sometimes comical, sometimes ironic. In this case it was flat out hysterical. Two men decide to kidnap the son of a
This short story is quick and to the point, and absolutely hilarious! Red Chief is such a cruel little boy, but you can't help but pity him because he's so distant from his father. How O. Henry came up with such an evil little boy and yet straight forward theme is beyond my understanding.
This was nice and well-written. Plus it was funny! I would say the humor compelled me to add another star to the rating.The certain descriptions of the little boy the two men kidnapped and his numerous role-playing games he wanted to play eventually weakened the men, which was funny!Our mains Sam and Bill create an enjoyable dynamic commonly found in stories much like this. Sam was the small, mellow "brain" of the duo and Bill is the big fat brute, albeit easily scared by a ten year-old kid. It
Loved this story as a kid when my Dad would read it aloud on family trips. Even better as a parent. Read this one!
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