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The Furnished Room

O. Henry

First published 1919
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A young man in the late 1800s, searching New York rooming houses for his lost love, is closer to her than he realizes.

Notes

First published in the August 14, 1904 issue of the New York Sunday World Magazine.

Publications (79)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1919 The Four Million Doubleday, Page & Company / Review of Reviews Co. Collection 259
September 1925 Cover Weird Tales, September 1925 Popular Fiction Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 337
1930 American Short Stories of the Nineteenth Century J. M. Dent & Sons Anthology |20
1934 Cover The Mystery Book Odhams Press Anthology 169
1937 Cover The Haunted Omnibus Farrar & Rinehart Anthology 149
1937 The Haunted Omnibus Oxford Anthology 149
1937 Cover The Haunted Omnibus Cassell Anthology 149
1939 Great Ghost Stories of the World: The Haunted Omnibus Garden City Publishing Co. Anthology 149
1939 Cover The Bedside Book of Famous American Stories Random House Anthology 493
1941 Cover Great Ghost Stories of the World Blue Ribbon Books Anthology 149
1941 Cover Great Ghost Stories of the World Blue Ribbon Books Anthology 149
October 1943 Cover Tales of Terror World Publishing Co. Anthology 94
1944 Cover Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Modern Library Anthology 509
1947 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hammond, Hammond & Co. Anthology 405
1947 Cover Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Modern Library Anthology 509
1956 Cover The Best of O. Henry: One Hundred of His Stories Chosen by Sapper Hodder & Stoughton Collection 127
1957 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hammond, Hammond & Co. Anthology 405
September 1963 Cover The Haunters and the Haunted & Other Ghost Stories Corgi Anthology 153
1964 Classic American Short Stories Barron's Educational Series Anthology 241
November 1967 Cover Terribly Strange Tales Macrae Smith Company Anthology 47
November 1967 Cover Terribly Strange Tales Macrae Smith Company Anthology 47
1969 Tales of O. Henry Doubleday Collection
1970 The Impact of Fiction: An Anthology of Short Stories Cummings Publishing Company Anthology 16
1971 Cover Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hammond, Hammond & Co. Anthology 405
1972 Cover Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hammond, Hammond & Co. Anthology 405
1973 Cover The Supernatural in Fiction McGraw-Hill Anthology 144
1974 Cover The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories Fontana Anthology 44
1974 Cover A Little Night Reading: Twenty Tales of Horror and the Supernatural Roger Schlesinger Anthology 179
1974 Cover Literature of the Supernatural McDougal, Littell & Co. Anthology 108
1975 Literature of the Supernatural Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Anthology 92
September 1975 Cover A Little Night Reading Orbit / Futura Anthology 179
October 1975 Cover The Ghost's Companion Gollancz Anthology 41
1976 Cover The Ghost's Companion Taplinger Anthology 41
1977 Cover Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Book Club Associates Anthology 405
June 1977 Cover The Best Ghost Stories Hamlyn Anthology 209
1978 Cover The Ghost's Companion Puffin Anthology 47
1978 Cover Masters of Shades and Shadows: An Anthology of Great Ghost Stories Doubleday Anthology 142
1979 Cover 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural Octopus Books Anthology 337
April 1979 Cover Tales of O. Henry International Collectors Library Collection 73
1980 Cover 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural Sundial Anthology 337
August 1980 Cover Echoes of Terror Hamlyn Anthology 32
1982 Cover Specter! Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology
1982 Cover 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer Anthology 337
1982 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hutchinson Anthology 405
1982 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural Octopus Books Anthology 337
August 1982 Cover Specter!: A Chrestomathy of "Spookery" Arbor House Anthology 56
July 1989 Cover East Coast Ghosts The Middle Atlantic Press Anthology 79
March 1990 Cover The Best Ghost Stories (abridged) Mallard Press Anthology 194
September 1990 Cover The Best Ghost Stories (abridged) Ivy Leaf Anthology 194
1992 Cover Great Vampires & Other Horrors Chancellor Press Anthology 341
July 1993 Cover 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 141
1994 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Modern Library Anthology 488
1994 Cover The American Short Story: A Treasury of the Memorable and Familiar by the Great American Writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow State Street Press Anthology 445
1994 Cover The American Short Story: A Treasury of the Memorable and Familiar by the Great American Writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow Galahad Books Anthology 445
October 1994 Cover Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Bracken Books Anthology 289
October 1994 Cover Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Modern Library Anthology 488
1995 Cover Classic Ghost Stories Lowell House Anthology 7
1996 Cover Tales of Terror and the Supernatural: A Classic Collection Leopard Anthology 289
1997 Cover Classic Ghost Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology
1997 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 141
1998 Cover The Raven and the Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror and Suspense from the Modern Library Modern Library Anthology 179
1999 Cover Classic Scary Stories Lowell House Anthology 9
2001 Cover Classic Tales of the Supernatural Arcturus Publishing Anthology 21
2002 Cover Great Vampire Stories Chancellor Press Anthology 341
2002 Cover Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural Gramercy Books Anthology 21
2002 Cover 101 Stories The Folio Society Collection 10
October 2003 Cover 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories Sterling Publishing Anthology 141
September 2006 Cover Tales to Freeze the Blood Carroll & Graf Anthology 1
October 2006 Cover Scary Stories Chronicle Books Anthology 130
2009 Cover Weird Tales, September 1925 Girasol Collectables Anthology 337
September 2012 Cover The Big Book of Ghost Stories Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 63
December 2012 Cover The Big Book of Ghost Stories Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology |63
March 2016 Cover Great Ghost Stories: 101 Terrifying Tales Fall River Press Anthology 230
October 2017 Cover Classic Ghost Stories Vintage (UK) Anthology 185
2019 Cover Weird Tales Pulp Classics on DVD Anthology 337|10603337
January 2019 Cover Haunted House Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology
June 2020 Cover The Big Book of Ghost Stories Highbridge / Recorded Books Anthology |63
October 2020 Cover Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers Vol 5 HellBound Books Anthology 89
October 2020 Cover Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers Vol 5 HellBound Books Anthology 89