欧亨利的简介.ppt

Pen name: O.HenryAnother pen name:Olivier HenryHis primitive name:Williams Sydney Porter原名：威廉姆斯?西德尼?波特 O. Henry (1862-1910) He was a prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Henry was known as a good end, it was called “O? Henry-end”. Although some critics were not so enthusiastic about his work, the public loved it.He was called Prose Laureate of Manhattan and Father of short stories.He is one of three short story master in the world.(O. Henry , Maupassant, Chekhov) 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。 以“欧亨利式结尾”闻名于世。 曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父。 世界三大短篇小说大师之一。（欧·亨利、莫泊桑、契诃夫） 个人简介 William Sydney Porter was born in Greenboro, North Carolina. His father was a physician. When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his parental grandmother and paternal aunt. William was an avid reader, 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. 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。 狂热的阅读者，但15岁便离开学校。 做过许多工作，在药房当学徒，做过会计、土地局办事员、记者。 1887年结婚，生有一儿一女。 Main Works (1) The Gift of Magi 麦琪的礼物 The Last Leaf 最后一片叶子 The Romance of a Busy Broker 证券经纪人的浪漫故事 A Cosmopolite in a Café 咖啡馆里的世界公民 Mammon and the Archer 财神与爱神 The Ransom of Red Chief 红色酋长的救赎 The Furnished Room 带家具出租的房间 The Cop and the Anthem 警察和赞美诗 Main works (2) After Twenty Years 二十年后 Cabbages and King 白菜与国王 While The Auto Waits 汽车等待的时候 Shearing The Wolf 虎口拔牙 The Four Million 四百万 Hearts and Hands 心与手 The Green door 绿色门 The Gift of Magi It’s about the young couple who are short of 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