Dover Thrift Editions The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories 英文原版 欧·亨利短篇小说集：麦琪的礼物和其他 O. Henry

基本信息

By (author) O. Henry

Format Paperback | 96 pages

Dimensions 132 x 210 x 5.08mm | 68.04g

Publication date 05 Feb 1992

Publisher Dover Publications Inc.

Publication City/Country New York, United States

Language English

Edition New edition

Edition Statement New edition

ISBN10 0486270610

ISBN13 9780486270616

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

Here are sixteen of the best stories by one of America's most popular storytellers. For nearly a century, the work of O. Henry has delighted readers with its humor, irony and colorful, real-life settings. The writer's own life had more than a touch of color and irony. Born William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1862, he worked on a Texas ranch, then as a bank teller in Austin, then as a reporter for the Houston "Post." Adversity struck, however, when he was indicted for embezzlement of bank funds. Porter fled to New Orleans, then to Honduras before he was tried, convicted and imprisoned for the crime in 1898. In prison he began writing stories of Central America and the American Southwest that soon became popular with magazine readers. After his release Porter moved to New York City, where he continued writing stories under the pen name O.

HenryThough his work earned him an avid readership, O. Henry died in poverty and oblivion scarcely eight years after his arrival in New York. But in the treasury of stories he left behind are such classics of the genre as "The Gift of the Magi," "The Last Leaf," "The Ransom of Red Chief," "The Voice of the City" and "The Cop and the Anthem" -- all included in this choice selection. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

这是美国最受欢迎的讲故事者之一的16个最佳故事。近一个世纪以来，O。Henry的作品以其幽默，讽刺和丰富多彩的真实生活环境而使读者感到高兴。作家自己的生活不仅具有色彩和讽刺意味。他于1862年出生于北卡罗来纳州格林斯伯勒的威廉·西德尼·波特，曾在德克萨斯州的一家牧场工作，然后在奥斯丁担任银行出纳员，然后担任休斯敦《邮报》的记者。然而，当他因挪用银行资金被起诉时，遭遇了逆境。波特逃到新奥尔良，然后逃到洪都拉斯，然后于1898年因犯罪而被审判，定罪和监禁。在监狱里，他开始撰写中美洲和美国西南部的故事，这些故事很快就受到杂志读者的欢迎。波特获释后移居纽约，

亨利尽管他的工作为他赢得了狂热的读者，但O.亨利抵达纽约后仅八年就死于贫穷和遗忘。但是在他的故事库中，他留下了诸如《贤士的礼物》，《最后的叶子》，《红酋长的赎金》，《城市之声》和《警察与警察》等流派经典。 “ Anthem”-全部包含在此选择中。共同核心州标准倡议的精选。

书籍目录

From The Four Million (1906) The Gift of the Magi The Cop and the Anthem Springtime a la Carte The Green Door After Twenty Years The Furnished Room From Heart of the West (1907) The Pimienta Pancakes From The Trimmed Lamp (1907) The Last Leaf From The Voice of the City (1908) The Voice of the City While the Auto Waits From Roads of Destiny (1909) A Retrieved Reformation From Strictly Business (1910) A Municipal Report From Whirligigs (1910) A Newspaper Story The Ransom of Red Chief From Sixes and Sevens (1911) A Ghost of a Chance Makes the Whole World Kin