The Four Million by O. Henry ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

The Four Million by O. Henry audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Step into turn-of-the-century New York City through the sharp, affectionate eyes of O. Henry in The Four Million, a landmark collection of short stories that finds drama and wonder in ordinary lives. Across bustling streets, cramped flats, quiet boardinghouses, and glittering storefronts, clerks, shopgirls, artists, policemen, swindlers, dreamers, and lonely souls chase small fortunes and bigger hopes. With wit that can turn tender in a heartbeat, O. Henry sketches a city of chance encounters and hard choices, where pride, love, and sacrifice often hide behind everyday routines. From a young woman longing for beauty amid gray surroundings to strangers drawn together by misadventure, each tale builds toward a moral puzzle: what is a person worth when nobody is looking, and what do we owe one another in a crowded world? Threaded with humor, irony, and deep compassion, this collection celebrates the overlooked 'four million' New Yorkers and the surprising turns that can reshape a life in a single evening.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:16:46) Chapter 02

(00:29:37) Chapter 03

(00:42:53) Chapter 04

(00:55:44) Chapter 05

(01:10:14) Chapter 06

(01:22:59) Chapter 07

(01:38:56) Chapter 08

(01:49:57) Chapter 09

(02:04:44) Chapter 10

(02:16:51) Chapter 11

(02:27:24) Chapter 12

(02:38:50) Chapter 13

(02:52:56) Chapter 14

(03:07:27) Chapter 15

(03:24:42) Chapter 16

(03:35:49) Chapter 17

(03:51:18) Chapter 18

(04:06:21) Chapter 19

(04:21:04) Chapter 20

(04:30:40) Chapter 21

(04:38:22) Chapter 22

(04:53:34) Chapter 23

(05:02:00) Chapter 24

(05:18:06) Chapter 25

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