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O. Henry (1862 – 1910)
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- 1. O. Henry (1862 – 1910)
- 2. O. Henry is the pen name of
- 3. Porter was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, on September 11, 1862.
- 4. When Porter was three, his mother died.
- 5. As a child, Porter was always reading.
- 6. At 15, Porter became an apprentice pharmacist
- 7. The period from 1887 to 1891 was
- 8. To earn extra money, he also took a job as a bookkeeper, a bank teller.
- 9. From 1898 to 1901 Porter was in
- 10. Porter's most prolific writing period started in
- 11. Porter died on June 5, 1910. He
- 12. O. Henry stories are famous for their
- 13. Most of O. Henry's stories are set
- 14. Among his most famous stories are: “Cabbages
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O. Henry is the pen name of William Sidney Porter. Some critics say that he is one of the greatest short-story writers in American history.
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Слайд 4When Porter was three, his mother died. Porter grew up
in the home of his aunt, a schoolteacher named Evalina
Porter, a strict woman who educated Porter and promoted his interest in art, literature, and writing.
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As a child, Porter was always reading. He read everything
from classics to dime novels. His favorite work was One
Thousand and One Nights.
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At 15, Porter became an apprentice pharmacist in his uncle's
drugstore. Young Porter liked to draw caricatures of customers and
to regale them with stories and skits that he wrote himself.
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The period from 1887 to 1891 was the happiest time
in Porter's life. He and 17-year-old Athol Estes started a
family. With his wife's support, Porter began to write stories for national magazines.
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From 1898 to 1901 Porter was in prison in Columbus,
Ohio. He had fourteen stories published under various pseudonyms, but
was becoming best known as "O. Henry".
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Porter's most prolific writing period started in 1902, when he
moved to New York City to be near his publishers.
While there, he wrote 381 short stories.
Слайд 11Porter died on June 5, 1910. He was buried in
the Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina.
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O. Henry stories are famous for their surprise endings. They
are playful, optimistic and well known for witty narration.
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Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own
time, the early years of the 20th century. Many take
place in New York City, and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses, poor artists.
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Among his most famous stories are: “Cabbages and Kings”, “The
Four Million”, "The Gift of the Magi", "The Cop and
the Anthem", "A Retrieved Reformation", "After Twenty Years", "Compliments of the Season", "The Ransom of Red Chief".
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