Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/787843to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cop and the Anthem Author: O. Henry Narrator: Mark Bowen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 27, 2024 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: 'The Cop and the Anthem' is a December 1904 short story by the United States author O. Henry. It includes several of the classic elements of an O. Henry story, including a setting in New York City, an empathetic look at the state of mind of a member of an underprivileged class, and an ironic ending. 'The Cop and the Anthem' has only one character who is given a name, the protagonist 'Soapy.' It is made clear that Soapy is homeless, one of the underclass men and women who flocked to New York City during the earliest years of the twentieth century. The short story's narrative is set in an unstated day in late fall. Soapy faces the urgent necessity of finding some sort of shelter for the winter. He is psychologically experienced in thinking of Blackwell's Island, the local jail, as a de facto winter homeless shelter, and the narrative shows him developing a series of tactics intended to encourage the police to classify him as a criminal and arrest him.

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