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1、O.Henry.WilliamSydneyPorter?(September11,1862–June5,1910),knownbyhis?penname?O.Henry,wasanAmericanwriter.O.Henry'sshortstoriesareknownfortheirwit,wordplay,warmcharacterizationandclevertwistendings.EarlylifeWilliamSidneyPorterwasbornonSeptember11,1862,in?Greensbo
2、ro,NorthCarolina.HechangedthespellingofhismiddlenametoSydneyin1898.HisparentswereDr.AlgernonSidneyPorter(1825–88),aphysician,andMaryJaneVirginiaSwaimPorter(1833–65).TheyweremarriedonApril20,1858.WhenWilliamwasthree,hismotherdiedfrom?tuberculosis,andheandhisfathe
3、rmovedintothehomeofhispaternalgrandmother.Asachild,Porterwasalwaysreading,everythingfromclassicsto?dimenovels;hisfavoriteworkswere?Lane'stranslationof?OneThousandandOneNights,and?Burton's?AnatomyofMelancholy.[2]PortergraduatedfromhisauntEvelinaMariaPorter'seleme
4、ntaryschoolin1876.HethenenrolledattheLindseyStreetHighSchool.Hisauntcontinuedtotutorhimuntilhewasfifteen.In1879,hestartedworkinginhisuncle's?drugstore?andin1881,attheageofnineteen,hewaslicensedasa?pharmacist.Atthedrugstore,healsoshowedoffhisnaturalartistictalent
5、sbysketchingthetownsfolk.MovetoTexasPorterinAustinasayoungmanPortertraveledwithDr.JamesK.Hallto?Texas?inMarch1882,hopingthatachangeofairwouldhelpalleviateapersistentcoughhehaddeveloped.HetookupresidenceonthesheepranchofRichardHall,James'son,in?LaSalleCounty?andh
6、elpedoutasashepherd,ranchhand,cookandbaby-sitter.Whileontheranch,helearnedbitsof?Spanish?and?German?fromthemixof?immigrant?ranchhands.Healsospenttimereadingclassicliterature.Porter'shealthdidimproveandhetraveledwithRichardto?Austin?in1884,wherehedecidedtoremaina
7、ndwaswelcomedintothehomeoftheHarrells,whowerefriendsofRichard's.Portertookanumberofdifferentjobsoverthenextseveralyears,firstaspharmacistthenasadraftsman,?bankteller?and?journalist.Healsobeganwritingasasideline.PorterledanactivesociallifeinAustin,includingmember
8、shipinsinginganddramagroups.Hewasagoodsingerandmusician.Heplayedboththe?guitar?andmandolin.Hebecameamemberofthe"HillCity?Quartet,"agroupofyoungmenwhosangatgatheringsa