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O. Henry wrote "A Municipal Report" in response to a statement made by Frank Norris, an American journalist and author, that only three cities in the United States are worthy of a novel. An advocate for the Common Man and the Ordinary, O. Henry set out to prove that a small, conventional town (which Nashville, the setting of the story, was at the time) has just as much to offer in terms of human drama as the biggest cities. In addition to Norris, O. Henry quotes Rudyard Kipling who speaks of the pride of cities. He also makes artistic use of dry, factual excerpts from Rand McNally, strategically interspersed throughout the story, as a great contrast to the vivid, personal account of Nashville and its residents he presents.

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rdfs:comment	O. Henry wrote "A Municipal Report" in response to a statement made by Frank Norris, an American journalist and author, that only three cities in the United States are worthy of a novel. An advocate for the Common Man and the Ordinary, O. Henry set out to prove that a small, conventional town (which Nashville, the setting of the story, was at the time) has just as much to offer in terms of human drama as the biggest cities. In addition to Norris, O. Henry quotes Rudyard Kipling who speaks of the pride of cities. He also makes artistic use of dry, factual excerpts from Rand McNally, strategically interspersed throughout the story, as a great contrast to the vivid, personal account of Nashville and its residents he presents.
dcterms:subject	Short Stories Classic Crime
abstract	O. Henry wrote "A Municipal Report" in response to a statement made by Frank Norris, an American journalist and author, that only three cities in the United States are worthy of a novel. An advocate for the Common Man and the Ordinary, O. Henry set out to prove that a small, conventional town (which Nashville, the setting of the story, was at the time) has just as much to offer in terms of human drama as the biggest cities. In addition to Norris, O. Henry quotes Rudyard Kipling who speaks of the pride of cities. He also makes artistic use of dry, factual excerpts from Rand McNally, strategically interspersed throughout the story, as a great contrast to the vivid, personal account of Nashville and its residents he presents. In the story, the unnamed narrator is sent to Nashville by a literary magazine to negotiate a contract with a promising contributor named Azalea Adair. He finds the city quiet and prosaic, the sort of place where nothing extraordinary ever happens. During his brief stay, however, he meets three exceptional characters; a despicable drunken loafer, a noble coach driver, and Azalea Adair who turns out to be an exquisite old-fashioned Southern lady. Quite unexpectedly, the narrator finds himself becoming a player in a drama that unfolds in the seemingly uneventful city. In the end, he leaves the city an accessory, after the fact, to murder. Although not among the best remembered of O. Henry's stories today, "A Municipal Report" was once considered his masterpiece. The story received much critical acclaim, and it was voted the greatest American short story by readers of The New York Times in 1914.

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