欧亨利的英文简介

IntroductionBiographyhislifeStories2.1briefintroduction2.2majorworksO.Henry’sEndingWilliamSydneyPorter(1862-1910)Penname:O.HenryPrimitivename:WilliamSydneyPorterDateofBirth:1862.9.11DateofDeath:1910.6.5Birthplace:Greensboro,NorthCarolinaNationality:AmericaOccupation:WriterCharacteristicsofhisworks:carefulplotting（策划）,ironic（讽刺的）coincidences,andsurpriseendingsWorks:CabbagesandKings(1904)TheFourMillion(1906)TheVoiceoftheCity(1908)Stories:TheGiftoftheMagiTheRansomofRedChief（红色酋长的赎金）ThecopandtheAnthem（警察与赞美诗）ARetrievedReformationTheRollingStone（1894）bankteller银行支票员drugstoreChargedwithembezzlingfunds(挪用资金）fromthebankinTexas,fledtoHondurasWhenhiswifewasdying,hereturnedtoTexasin1897;heturnedhimselftotheauthoritiesandservedthreeyearsinprisonhebegantowriteshortstoriesusedthepseudonym（笔名）O.Henry.lastyearswereshadowedbyalcoholism,illhealth,andfinancialproblems.diedvirtuallypennilessonJune5,1910,inNewYork.In1919theO.HenryMemorialAwardsforthebestAmericanshortstoriespublishedeachyearwerefoundedbytheSocietyofArtsandSciences.TheCompleteWorksofO.Henrywaspublishedinl953.famousfortheirsurpriseendings,“O.Henryending”.wellknownforwittynarration（诙谐的叙述）.Moststoriesaresetinhisowntime,theearlyyearsofthe20thcentury.ManytakeplaceinNewYorkCity,anddealforthemostpartwithordinarypeople:clerks,policemen,waitresses.MajorWorksAlsocalledatrickendingorasurpriseendingunexpectedSummaryANewYorkCityhobo（流浪汉）namedSoapy,whosetsouttogetarrestedsohecanavoidsleepinginthecoldwinterasaguestofthecityjail.Despiteeffortsatpettytheft（小偷小摸）,vandalism（破坏行为）,disorderlyconduct（扰乱治安行为）,and“mashing”withayoungprostitute（妓女）,Soapyfailstodrawtheattentionofthepolice.Disconsolately（愁闷地）,hepausesinfrontofachurch,whereanantheminspireshimtocleanuphislife—andisironically（讽刺地）chargedforloitering（流浪罪）andsentencedtothreemonthsinprison.