歐亨利的英文簡介

deliberatelynonsensicalpseudonyms,suchas"HoratioSwampwater". ABriefStayAtTheTop Portermarriedagainin1907tohischildhoodsweetheart,SarahLindseyColeman.However,despitethesuccessofhisshortstoriesbeingpublishedinmagazinesandcollections(orperhapsbecauseoftheattendantpressuresuccessbrought),Porterbecameanalcoholic.Sarahlefthimin1909,andhediedin1910ofcirrhosisoftheliver.AfterfuneralservicesinNewYorkCity,hewasburiedinAsheville,NorthCarolina.Hisdaughter,MargaretWorthPorter,diedin1927andwasburiedwithherfather. AttemptsweremadetosecureapresidentialpardonforPorterduringtheadministrationsofWoodrowWilson,DwightEisenhowerandRonaldReagan.However,eachattemptwasmetwiththeassertionthattheJusticeDepartmentdidnotrecommendpardonsafterdeath.ThispolicywasclearlyalteredduringtheadministrationofBillClinton(whopardonedHenryFlipper),sothequestionofapardonforO.Henrymayyetagainseethelightofday. Stories O.Henrystoriesarefamousfortheirsurpriseendings.HewascalledtheAmericanGuyDeMaupassant.Bothauthorswrotetwistendings,butO.Henrystoriesweremuchmoreplayfulandoptimistic. MostofO.Henry'sstoriesaresetinhisowntime,theearlyyearsofthe20thcentury.ManytakeplaceinNewYorkCity,anddealforthemostpartwithordinarypeople:clerks,policemen,waitresses.Hisstoriesarealsowellknownforwittynarration. TheFourMillion(acollectionofstories)openswithareferencetoWardMcAllister's"assertionthattherewereonly'FourHundred'peopleinNewYorkCitywhowerereallyworthnoticing.Butawisermanhasarisen—thecensustaker—andhislargerestimateofhumaninteresthasbeenpreferredinmarkingoutthefieldoftheselittlestoriesofthe'FourMillion'".ToO.Henry,everyoneinNewYorkcounted.Hehadanobviousaffectionforthecity,whichhecalledBaghdadontheSubway,andmanyofhisstoriesaresetthere—butothersaresetinsmalltownsandinotherci