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The Greater Coney (short story)

  • Type: Short Story

The Greater Coney is a 1911 short story by author O Henry. - AsNotedIn

"Next Sunday," said Dennis Carnahan, "I'll be after going down to see the new Coney Island that's risen like a phoenix bird from the ashes of the old resort. I'm going with Norah Flynn, and we'll fall victims to all the dry goods deceptions, from the red-flannel eruption of Mount Vesuvius to the pink silk ribbons on the race-suicide problems in the incubator kiosk. O Henry, The Greater Coney




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  • Coney Island, So, I says, it will be Coney for Tuesday, and if the chutes and the short change and the green-corn silk between the teeth don't create diversions and get me feeling better, then I don't know at all.
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Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1911/00/00 William Sydney Porter Author "The Greater Coney" by O Henry is included in his story collection, Sixes and Sevens.

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Particulars for The Greater Coney (short story):
Narrative Arts Fiction prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Structure Helter-skelter a tall spiral slide winding around a tower at a fair
Narrative Arts Narrative an account of connected events
Narrative Arts Prose ordinary written language
Society Ribald referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way
Art Type Short Story short form narrative fiction

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Original Language: English



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