Which of these three authors, O. Henry, Jack London, Ambrose Bierce, would you prefer to read on your own time? 

O. Henry was just the pen name of a well known American author named William Sydney Porter. He was born in September 11, 1862 and died in June 5, 1910. He wrote many short stories, poems, and non-fiction stories. He is most known for his short stories. Some of these are The Gift of the Maji, The Duplicity of Hargraves, and The Ransom of Red Chief. His most popular short story was The Gift of the Maji. 

Jack Griffith Chaney was an American novelist, journalist, and activist. He was better known as Jack London. He was one of the first authors to become an international celebrity. Just from writing, he made a very large fortune. In the year 1913, he was making over ten-thousand dollars in a month. That much is a third of a million dollars today. He was born in January 12, 1876 and died in November 22, 1916. Many of his works are still famous today. Some examples are  White Fang (1906), Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea Wolf (1904). These are some of the better known works of Jack London. 

According to Wikipedia, “Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book The Devil’s Dictionary was named one of ‘The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature’ by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration.” He was born on June 24, 1842 and lived until the year of 1914. In the year 1906, his most famous work was published. This is called The Devils Dictionary. According to Wikipedia, “Described as “howlingly funny”, it consists of satirical definitions of English words which lampoon cant and political double-talk.”

Which of these three authors, O. Henry, Jack London, Ambrose Bierce, would you prefer to read on your own time? I would read Jack London’s books on my own time. O. Henry wrote good short stories, but I don’t really like short stories. I like a good long story. Ambrose Bierce’s book The Devils Dictionary was an actually dictionary, but with humorous definitions. I wouldn’t necessarily read this, but I would define some things to my friends with it.