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1、O.Henry.O.HenryPortraitofO.Henry,byW.M.Vanderweyde,1909BornWilliamSidneyPorterSeptember11,1862Greensboro,NorthCarolinaDiedJune5,1910 (aged 47)NewYorkCityPennameO.Henry,OlivierHenry,OliverHenry[1]OccupationWriterNationalityAmericanWilliamSydneyPorter (September11,1862–June5,1910),knownbyhi
2、s penname O.Henry,wasanAmericanwriter.O.Henry'sshortstoriesareknownfortheirwit,wordplay,warmcharacterizationandclevertwistendings.Contents [hide] ·1 Biographyo1.1 Earlylifeo1.2 MovetoTexaso1.3 Flightandreturno1.4 Laterlife·2 Stories·3 Penname·4 Legacy·5 Bidforposthumouspardon·6 Seealso·7
3、 Notes·8 Furtherreading·9 ExternallinksBiography[edit]Thissection needsadditionalcitationsforverification. Pleasehelp improvethisarticleby addingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybe challenged andremoved. (March2013)Earlylife[edit]WilliamSidneyPorterwasbornonSeptember11,1862,
4、in Greensboro,NorthCarolina.HechangedthespellingofhismiddlenametoSydneyin1898.HisparentswereDr.AlgernonSidneyPorter(1825–88),aphysician,andMaryJaneVirginiaSwaimPorter(1833–65).TheyweremarriedonApril20,1858.WhenWilliamwasthree,hismotherdiedfrom tuberculosis,andheandhisfathermovedintothehom
5、eofhispaternalgrandmother.Asachild,Porterwasalwaysreading,everythingfromclassicsto dimenovels;hisfavoriteworkswere Lane'stranslationof OneThousandandOneNights,and Burton's AnatomyofMelancholy.[2]PortergraduatedfromhisauntEvelinaMariaPorter'selementaryschoolin1876.HethenenrolledattheLindse
6、yStreetHighSchool.Hisauntcontinuedtotutorhimuntilhewasfifteen.In1879,hestartedworkinginhisuncle's drugstore andin1881,attheageofnineteen,hewaslicensedasa pharmacist.Atthedrugstore,healsoshowedoffhisnaturalartistictalentsbysketchingthetownsfolk.MovetoTexas[edit]PorterinAustinasayoungmanPor
7、tertraveledwithDr.JamesK.Hallto Texas inMarch1882,hopingthatachangeofairwouldhelpalleviateapersistentcoughhehaddeveloped.HetookupresidenceonthesheepranchofRichardHall,James'son,in LaSalleCounty andhelpedoutasashepherd,ranchhand,cookandbaby-sitter.Whileontheranch,hel