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1、O.HenryWilliamSidneyPorter (1862-1910)AlsoknownasO.HenryHewasbornin1862inNorthCarolina,wherehespenthischildhood.Whenhewaseighteenyearsoldbecauseofhisbody,hewenttoTexas.In1887hemarriedAtholEstesRoach,theyhadonedaughterandoneson.Inearly1898hewasfoundguiltyofembezzlement挪用chargesand
2、sentencedtofiveyearsinanOhioprison.HemovedtoNewYorkCity,whereoverthenexttenyearsbeforehisdeathin1910,hepublishedover300storiesandgainedworldwideacclaimasAmericanfavoriteshortstorywriter.HediedonJune5,1910inNewYorkCityattheageoffortyseven.Afterdoingthreeyearsofthefiveyearssentence
3、,Porteremergedfromtheprisonin1901andchangedhisnametoO.Henry.LiterarycareerO.Henry'sstoriesarefamousfortheirsurpriseendings,tothepointthatsuchanendingisoftenreferredtoasan"O.Henryending."MostofO.Henry'sstoriesaresetinhisowntime,theearlyyearsofthe20thcentury.ManytakeplaceinNewYorkC
4、ityanddealforthemostpartwithordinarypeople:clerks,policemen,waitresses.CabbagesandKings白菜与国王TheGiftofMagi麦琪的礼物TheLastLeaf最后一片叶子TheFourMillion四百万MammonandtheArcher财神和爱神TheFurnishedRoom带家具出租的房间TheCopandtheAnthem警察和赞美诗TheRansomofRedChief红色酋长的救赎Mainworks◆Itcommunicatestheauthor’scomp
5、assiononthepoor.◆Thepureandhonestlovebetweentheyoungcoupleeasilystrikesasympatheticchordinthereader’smind.◆InDella’s“dimeyes”andJim’ssmileliesanirrevocablesorrowthatcreatesanappealingaestheticeffect.◆Thesacredfeelingmeansanunspokenprotestagainsttheinjusticeofthesociety.TheYoung,p
6、oorpainterJohnsycontractedpneumonia,Suemakeeveryefforttotakecareofher,butshestilldidnotimprove.Johnsywouldgiveupcompletelywhenthelastleaffelltotheground.Inordertosaveher,AnotheroldartistBehrmanclimbedthewalltopainttheivyleaveinrainynight,whichhecontractedpneumoniaanddiedtwodaysla
7、ter.Johnsysurvived,thelastonewaspaintedbyBehrman,becamehisfinalmasterpiece.It’saboutaNewYorkCityhobo流浪汉namedSoapy,whosetsouttogetarrestedsohecanavoidsleepinginthecoldwinterasaguestofthecityjail.Despiteeffortsatpettytheft,disorderlyconduct,and"mashing"调情withayoungprostitute,Soapyf
8、ailstodrawtheattentionofthepolice.Discon
