O.Henry_欧亨利.ppt2

1、 O.HenryPen name : O.HenryHis primitive name : Williams Sydney Porter 原名：威廉姆斯西德尼波特 lifeWilliam Sydney Porter was born in North Carolina. His father was a doctor and editor. When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his parental grandmother and paternal aunt. William was an avid r

2、eader, but at the age of fifteen he left school, and then worked in a drug store and on a Texas ranch. He continued to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including accountant,land board clerk, reporter. In 1887 he married Athol Estes Roach; they had a daughter and a son. u出生于美国北卡罗来纳州格林斯波罗镇一个医师家

3、庭，三岁丧母，之后与祖母、出生于美国北卡罗来纳州格林斯波罗镇一个医师家庭，三岁丧母，之后与祖母、姑姑一起生活。姑姑一起生活。u狂热的阅读者，但狂热的阅读者，但15岁便离开学校。岁便离开学校。u做过许多工作，在药房当学徒，做过会计、土地局办事员、记者。做过许多工作，在药房当学徒，做过会计、土地局办事员、记者。u1887年结婚，生有一儿一女。年结婚，生有一儿一女。生平In 1894 cash was found to have gone missing from the First National Bank in Austin, where Porter had worked as a bank

4、 teller. When he was called back to Austin to stand trial, Porter fled to Honduras to avoid trial. After hearing news that his wife was dying, he returned to Austin in 1897 . He was convicted of embezzling money, although there has been much debate over his actual guilt. Porter entered a penitentiar

5、y at Columbus, Ohio.While in prison, Porter started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret. His first work, Whistling Dicks Christmas Stocking (1899), appeared in McClures Magazine. The stories of adventure in the U.S. Southwest and in Central America gained an immedia

6、tely success among readers. O. Henry moved to New York City in 1902 , he wrote a story a week for the New York World, also publishing in other magazines. Henrys first collection, Cabbage and Kings(白菜与国王), appeared in 1904. After that, he started a lot of creation.In New York, because a lot of excell

7、ent work published, he won fame and money. He was not only extravagant, but gambling, excessive drinking. Tired of writing and living in unrestrained made his body seriously damaged. O.Henry remarried in 1907. Unfortunately, there is no happiness for him.He died of Cirrhosis（肝硬化）on June 5, 1910.Then

8、,he was only 48 years old.O. Henry (1862-1910) He was a prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the lives of poor people in New York,as well as in other places. Henry was known as a good end, it was called “O Henry-end”. He was called Prose Laureate of Man

9、hattan and Father of short stories.He is one of three short story master in the world.(O. Henry , Maupassant, Chekhov)u创作丰富的美国短篇小说作家，主要描写纽约平民的生活，市民非创作丰富的美国短篇小说作家，主要描写纽约平民的生活，市民非常喜欢他。常喜欢他。u以以“欧亨利式结尾欧亨利式结尾”闻名于世。闻名于世。u曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父。曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父。u世界三大短篇小说大师之一。（欧世界三大短篇小说大师之一。（欧亨利、莫泊桑、契诃夫）亨

10、利、莫泊桑、契诃夫） The Romance of a Busy Broker 证券经纪人的浪漫故事The Gift of Magi 麦琪的礼物The Last Leaf 最后一片叶子A Cosmopolite in a Caf 咖啡馆里的世界公民 Mammon and the Archer 财神和爱神The Furnished Room 带家具出租的房间The Cop and the Anthem 警察和赞美诗The Ransom of Red Chief 红色酋长的救赎 The Gift of MagiIts about the young couple who are short of

11、money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unbeknownst to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy a platinum fob chain for Jims watch; while unbeknownst to Della, Jim sells his own most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Dellas hair. Its about a New York City hobo named Soapy, who sets out to get arrested so he can avoid sleeping in the cold winter as a guest of the city jail. Despite efforts at petty theft, disorderly conduct, and mashing with a young prostitute, Soapy fails to draw the attention of the po