歐亨利的英文簡介

O.Henry

Introduction

Biography

hislifeStories2.1briefintroduction2.2majorworksO.Henry’sEndingContentsWilliamSydneyPorter(1862-1910)Penname:O.HenryPrimitivename:WilliamSydneyPorterDateofBirth:1862.9.11DateofDeath:1910.6.5Birthplace:Greensboro,NorthCarolinaNationality:AmericaOccupation:WriterCharacteristicsofhisworks:carefulplotting（策劃）,ironic（諷刺的）coincidences,andsurpriseendingsWorks:CabbagesandKings(1904)

TheFourMillion(1906)

TheVoiceoftheCity(1908)Stories:TheGiftoftheMagi

TheRansomofRedChief（紅色酋長的贖金）

ThecopandtheAnthem（警察與贊美詩）

ARetrievedReformationHislifeTheRollingStone（1894）bankteller銀行支票員drugstoreChargedwithembezzlingfunds(挪用資金）fromthebankinTexas,fledtoHondurasWhenhiswifewasdying,hereturnedtoTexasin1897;heturnedhimselftotheauthoritiesandservedthreeyearsinprisonhebegantowriteshortstoriesusedthepseudonym（筆名）O.Henry.lastyearswereshadowedbyalcoholism,illhealth,andfinancialproblems.diedvirtuallypennilessonJune5,1910,inNewYork.In1919theO.HenryMemorialAwardsforthebestAmericanshortstoriespublishedeachyearwerefoundedbytheSocietyofArtsandSciences.TheCompleteWorksofO.Henrywaspublishedinl953.famousfortheirsurpriseendings,“O.Henryending”.wellknownforwittynarration（詼諧的敘述）.Moststoriesaresetinhisowntime,theearlyyearsofthe20thcentury.ManytakeplaceinNewYorkCity,anddealforthemostpartwithordinarypeople:clerks,policemen,waitresses.MajorWorks

AlsocalledatrickendingorasurpriseendingunexpectedO.HENRY’SENDINGSummaryANewYorkCityhobo（流浪漢）namedSoapy,whosetsouttogetarrestedsohecanavoidsleepinginthecoldwinterasaguestofthecityjail.Despiteeffortsatpettytheft（小偷小摸）,vandalism（破壞行為）,disorderlyconduct（擾亂治安行為）,and“mashing”withayoungprostitute（妓女）,Soapyfailstodrawtheattentionofthepolice.Disconsolately（愁悶地）,hepausesinfrontofachurch,whereanantheminspireshimtocleanuphislife—andis