欧亨利的英文简介
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His life
drugstore
bank teller
The Rolling Stone （1894） 1894）
Charged with embezzling funds from the bank in Texas, fled to Honduras When his wife was dying, he returned to Texas in 1897; he turned himself to the authorities and served three years in prison he began to write short stories used the pseudonym O. Henry.
last years were shadowed by alcoholism, ill health, and financial problems. died virtually penniless on June 5, 1910, in New York. In 19l9 the O. Henry Memorial Awards for the best American short stories published each year were founded by the Society of Arts and Sciences. The Complete Works of O. Henry was published in l953.
famous for their surprise endings,“O. Henry ending”. well known for witty narration. Most stories are set in his own time, the early years of the 20th century. Many take place in New York City, and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses.
O.Henry
William Sydney Porter
(1862(1862-1910)
Contents
Introduction Biography his life Stories 2.1 brief introduction 2.2 major works
(1862O. Henry (1862-1910) shorta prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. typical of O. Henry's stories: A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance
Major Works
a husband sells his watch to buy his wife a Christmas present of a pair of hair combs; but, she cuts and sells her long hair to buy him a Christmas present of a new chain for his watch.
His life
drugstore
bank teller
The Rolling Stone （1894） 1894）
Charged with embezzling funds from the bank in Texas, fled to Honduras When his wife was dying, he returned to Texas in 1897; he turned himself to the authorities and served three years in prison he began to write short stories used the pseudonym O. Henry.
last years were shadowed by alcoholism, ill health, and financial problems. died virtually penniless on June 5, 1910, in New York. In 19l9 the O. Henry Memorial Awards for the best American short stories published each year were founded by the Society of Arts and Sciences. The Complete Works of O. Henry was published in l953.
famous for their surprise endings,“O. Henry ending”. well known for witty narration. Most stories are set in his own time, the early years of the 20th century. Many take place in New York City, and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses.
O.Henry
William Sydney Porter
(1862(1862-1910)
Contents
Introduction Biography his life Stories 2.1 brief introduction 2.2 major works
(1862O. Henry (1862-1910) shorta prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. typical of O. Henry's stories: A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance
Major Works
a husband sells his watch to buy his wife a Christmas present of a pair of hair combs; but, she cuts and sells her long hair to buy him a Christmas present of a new chain for his watch.