The Gentle Grafter
If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" instead of the "Gentle Grafter", the name O. Henry picked for him. His situation as an ethical graft artist gives Jeff an extra impediment in pursuing his craft, but he never wanted it to be too easy. The result is fourteen delightful tales for us and a number of new partners for him. With those partners (he always has at least one) he works his way through a number of confidence games. Some they win, some they lose, some go into extra innings. They seem never to end just the way you figure they will. In the end he conquers almost all, except for the English language, which often seems to defeat him. (Intro by Leslie Walden)
Genre(s): General Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Satire
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | 01 - The Octopus Marooned | Leslie Walden |
00:15:52 |
Play 02 | 02 - Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet | Leslie Walden |
00:14:51 |
Play 03 | 03 - Modern Rural Sports | Leslie Walden |
00:16:30 |
Play 04 | 04 - The Chair of Philanthromathematics | Leslie Walden |
00:16:23 |
Play 05 | 05 - The Hand That Riles the World | Leslie Walden |
00:14:20 |
Play 06 | 06 - The Exact Science of Matrimony | Leslie Walden |
00:14:36 |
Play 07 | 07 - A Midsummer Masquerade | Leslie Walden |
00:14:31 |
Play 08 | 08 - Shearing the Wolf | Leslie Walden |
00:13:57 |
Play 09 | 09 - Innocents of Broadway | Leslie Walden |
00:15:32 |
Play 10 | 10 - Conscience in Art | Leslie Walden |
00:14:07 |
Play 11 | 11 - The Man Higher Up | Leslie Walden |
00:31:15 |
Play 12 | 12 - A Tempered Wind | Leslie Walden |
00:40:48 |
Play 13 | 13 - Hostages to Momus | Leslie Walden |
00:31:51 |
Play 14 | 14 - The Ethics of Pig | Leslie Walden |
00:22:06 |