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1、O.Henry(1862-1910)-pseudonym(笔名)ofWilliamSydneyPorterProlificAmericanshort-storywriter,amasterofsurpriseendings,whowroteaboutthelifeofordinarypeopleinNewYorkCity.TypicalforO.Henrysstoriesisatwistofplotwhichturnsonanironicorcoincidentalcircumstance.Althoughsomecriticswerenotsoenthusiasticabouthiswork
2、,thepubliclovedit.第1页/共10页3WhenWilliamwas three,his mother died,andhewasraisedbyhisparentalgrandmotherandpaternalaunt.15Williamwasanavidreader,butattheageof fifteen heleft school,andthenworkedinadrugstoreandonaTexasranch.HecontinuedtoHouston,wherehehad a number of jobs,suchasPharmacyapprentice(药房学徒)
3、,cattleherders(牧牛人),accountant(会计员),landbureauagainclerk(土地局办事员),journalists(新闻记者),abankteller(银行出纳员)第2页/共10页20Aftermovingin1882toTexas,heworked on a ranchinLaSalleCountyfortwoyears.25In1887hemarriedAtholEstesRoach;theyhadonedaughterandoneson.第3页/共10页When he was 32 years old32In1894Porterstarted a h
4、umorous weeklyTheRollingStone.Itwasatthistimethathebeganheavydrinking.Whentheweeklyfailed,hejoinedtheHoustonPostasareporterandcolumnist.In1894cashwasfoundtohavegonemissingfromtheFirstNationalBankinAustin,wherePorterhadworkedasabankteller.Porterfled to Honduras to avoid trial.LittleisknownaboutPorter
5、sstayinCentralAmerica.第4页/共10页35Afterhearingnewsthathiswifewasdying,hereturnedin1897toAustin.In1897hewasconvictedofembezzlingmoney,althoughtherehasbeenmuchdebateoverhisactualguilt.Porterenteredin1898apenitentiary(监狱)atColumbus,Ohio.Whileinprison,Porterstartedtowriteshortstoriestoearnmoneytosupporthi
6、s第5页/共10页38Afterdoingthreeyearsofthefiveyearssentence,Porteremergedfromtheprisonin1901andchangedhisnametoO.Henry.39O.HenrymovedtoNewYorkCityin1902andfromDecember1903toJanuary1906hewroteastoryaweekfortheNewYorkWorld,alsopublishinginothermagazines.第6页/共10页Part of his worksGirl“姑娘”AnAdjustmentofNature自
7、然之修正AfterTwentyYears 二十年后AnAfternoonMiracle午后的奇迹TheAtavismOfJohnTomLittleBear 小熊约翰汤姆的返祖现象BabesInTheJungle丛林中的孩子TheLastLeaf最后一片常春藤叶TheCopandtheAnthem警察与赞美诗ABirdOfBagdad巴格达的鸟TheGiftoftheMagi麦琪的礼物（也有人译为贤人的礼物）第7页/共10页Hislast yearswereshadowedbyalcoholism,illhealth,andfinancialproblems.Hewasafastwriter,butdrinkingonaveragetwoquartsofwhiskeydaily,didnotimprovethequalityofhiswork.In1907O.Henrymarried SaraLindsayColeman,alsoborninGreensboro.Themarriagewasnothappy,andtheyseparatedayearlater.O.HenrydiedofcirrhosisoftheliveronJune5,1910,inNewYork.第8页/共10页Byluguili第9页/共10页谢谢您的观看！第10页/共10页
O Henry简介学习教程
