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1、O.Henry（WilliamSidneyPorter）1862–1910Famousasthemasteroftheshortstorywithasurpriseending,O.Henrypublishednearly600abouttheWestandNewYorkCity.1.LifeBornWilliamSidneyPorteronSeptember11,1862inGreensboro,NorthCarolina.Hisfather,namedAlgernonSidneyPorter,wasamedicaldoctor.WhenWilliamwasthre
2、e,hismotherdiedandhewasraisedbyhisgrandmotherandaunt.Heleftschoolattheageof15andthenhehadanumberofjobs,includingthatofabankclerk.In1896hewasfalselyaccusedofembezzlement.HeabscondedfromthelawenforcementtoNewOrleansandlaterfledtoHonduras.Butwhenhelearnedthathiswifewasdying,hereturnedtoUSA
3、andsurrenderedtopolice.Althoughtherehasbeenmuchdebateoverhisactualguilt,hewassentencedto5yearsinjail.In1898hewasputinprisonatColumbus,Ohio.WhileinprisonhebeganwritingshortstoriesinordertosupporthisyoungdaughterMargaret.HeusedapseudonymOlivierHenryonlyonceandchangedhispen-nametoO.Henry,n
4、otwantinghisreaderstoknowhewasinjail.Porterissaidtohavederivedthepen-nameO.Henryfromthenameofagirlfriend'scat.Hepublished12storieswhileinprisontohelpsupporthisdaughter.Afterdoing3yearsofthe5-yearsentence,hewasreleasedforgoodbehavior.HemovedtoNewYorkCityin1902andwroteastoryaweekfortheNew
5、YorkWorld,andalsoforotherpublishers.HisfirstcollectionofstorieswasCabbagesandKings(1904).Thenextcollection,TheFourMillion(1906),includedhiswell-knownstoriesHissuccessbroughttheattendantpressure,andhesufferedfromanalcoholaddiction.Hissecondmarriagelasted2years,andhiswifelefthimin1909.Hed
6、iedofcirrhosisoftheliver,onJune5,1910,inNewYork,NewYork.2.Reading"TheGiftoftheMagi""TheGiftoftheMagi"isaboutayoungmarriedcoupleandhowtheydealwiththechallengeofbuyingsecretChristmasgiftsforeachotherwithverylittlemoney.Asasentimentalstorywithamorallessonaboutgift-giving,ithasbeenapopularo
7、neforadaptation,especiallyforpresentationduringtheChristmasseason.Theplotandits"twistending"arewell-known,andthestoryanditslessonaresometimessubvertedforthesakeofironyorhumor.2.1PlotJames[Jim]DillinghamYoungandhiswifeDellaareayoungcouplewhoareverymuchinlovewitheachother,butcanb
