歐亨利短篇小說經典例句英文
⑴ 求歐亨利的英文短篇小說，越全越好
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
While the mistress of the home is graally subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad. In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name "Mr. James Dillingham Young." The "Dillingham" had been flung to the breeze ring a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, the letters of "Dillingham" looked blurred, as though they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called "Jim" and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already introced to you as Della. Which is all very good.
Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out lly at a grey cat walking a grey fence in a grey backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling-- something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honour of being owned by Jim.
There was a pier-glass between the windows of the room. Perhaps you have seen a pier-glass in an $8 flat. A very thin and very agile person may, by observing his reflection in a rapid sequence of longitudinal strips, obtain a fairly accurate conception of his looks. Della, being slender, had mastered the art.
Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the glass. Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its colour within twenty seconds. Rapidly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length.
Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim's gold watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's. The other was Della's hair. Had the Queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty's jewels and gifts. Had King Solomon been the janitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement, Jim would have pulled out his watch every time he passed, just to see him pluck at his beard from envy.
So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her, rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters. It reached below her knee and made itself almost a garment for her. And then she did it up again nervously and quickly. Once she faltered for a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet.
On went her old brown jacket; on went her old brown hat. With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eyes, she fluttered out the door and down the stairs to the street.
Where she stopped the sign read: "Mme. Sofronie. Hair Goods of All Kinds." One flight up Della ran, and collected herself, panting. Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the "Sofronie."
"Will you buy my hair?" asked Della.
"I buy hair," said Madame. "Take yer hat off and let's have a sight at the looks of it."
Down rippled the brown cascade. "Twenty dollars," said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand.
"Give it to me quick," said Della.
Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. Forget the hashed metaphor. She was ransacking the stores for Jim's present.
She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out. It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation--as all good things should do. It was even worthy of The Watch. As soon as she saw it she that it must be Jim's. It was like him. Quietness and value-- the description applied to both. Twenty-one dollars they took from her for it, and she hurried home with the 87 cents. With that chain on his watch Jim might be properly anxious about the time in any company. Grand as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly on account of the old leather strap that he used in place of a chain.
When Della reached home her intoxication gave way a little to prudence and reason. She got out her curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravages made by generosity added to love. Which is always a tremendous task, dear friends--a mammoth task.
Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny, close-lying curls that made her look wonderfully like a truant schoolboy. She looked at her reflection in the mirror long, carefully, and critically.
"If Jim doesn't kill me," she said to herself, "before he takes a second look at me, he'll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl. But what could I do--oh! what could I do with a dollar and eighty- seven cents?"
At 7 o'clock the coffee was made and the frying-pan was on the back of the stove hot and ready to cook the chops.
Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. She had a habit for saying little silent prayers about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: "Please God, make him think I am still pretty."
The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it. He looked thin and very serious. Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two--and to be burdened with a family! He needed a new overcoat and he was without gloves.
Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail. His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her. It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for. He simply stared at her fixedly with that peculiar expression on his face.
Della wriggled off the table and went for him.
"Jim, darling," she cried, "don't look at me that way. I had my hair cut off and sold because I couldn't have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. It'll grow out again--you won't mind, will you? I just had to do it. My hair grows awfully fast. Say 'Merry Christmas!' Jim, and let's be happy. You don't know what a nice--what a beautiful, nice gift I've got for you."
"You've cut off your hair?" asked Jim, laboriously, as if he had not arrived at that patent fact yet even after the hardest mental labor.
"Cut it off and sold it," said Della. "Don't you like me just as well, anyhow? I'm me without my hair, ain't I?"
Jim looked about the room curiously.
"You say your hair is gone?" he said, with an air almost of idiocy.
"You needn't look for it," said Della. "It's sold, I tell you--sold and gone, too. It's Christmas Eve, boy. Be good to me, for it went for you. Maybe the hairs of my head were numbered," she went on with sudden serious sweetness, "but nobody could ever count my love for you. Shall I put the chops on, Jim?"
Out of his trance Jim seemed quickly to wake. He enfolded his Della. For ten seconds let us regard with discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction. Eight dollars a week or a million a year--what is the difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer. The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them. This dark assertion will be illuminated later on.
Jim drew a package from his overcoat pocket and threw it upon the table.
"Don't make any mistake, Dell," he said, "about me. I don't think there's anything in the way of a haircut or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less. But if you'll unwrap that package you may see why you had me going a while at first."
White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper. And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then, alas! a quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails, necessitating the immediate employment of all the comforting powers of the lord of the flat.
For there lay The Combs--the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped long in a Broadway window. Beautiful combs, pure tortoise shell, with jewelled rims--just the shade to wear in the beautiful vanished hair. They were expensive combs, she knew, and her heart had simply craved and yearned over them without the least hope of possession. And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone.
But she hugged them to her bosom, and at length she was able to look up with dim eyes and a smile and say: "My hair grows so fast, Jim!"
And them Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, "Oh, oh!"
Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present. She held it out to him eagerly upon her open palm. The ll precious metal seemed to flash with a reflection of her bright and ardent spirit.
"Isn't it a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You'll have to look at the time a hundred times a day now. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it."
Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.
"Dell," said he, "let's put our Christmas presents away and keep 'em a while. They're too nice to use just at present. I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you put the chops on."
The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of plication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.
http://www.readbookonline.net/stories/Henry/108/ 歐亨利的全在裡面了，只要你能找到題目就行，給分吧，樓主
⑵ 歐亨利的短篇小說片名 用英文怎麼翻譯
盡力了 喬治亞的規定
藝術品與牧場烈馬
找不到……
《人生的波瀾》The Whirligig Of Life
《酒吧里的世界公民》A Cosmopolite in a Cafe
《歌聲與警察》The Cop and the Anthem
《浪子回頭》The Gentle Grafter
《公主與美洲獅》 The Princess and the Puma
《藝術品與牧場烈馬》Hygeia at the Solito
《人生道路的選擇》The Road We Take
《感恩節的兩位紳士》Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
《喬治亞的規定》Babes In The Jungle
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有中文翻譯的只有如下幾篇：
"Girl" 「姑娘」
「Next To Reading Matter」「醉翁之意」
After Twenty Years 二十年以後
The Atavism Of John Tom Little Bear 小熊約翰·湯姆的返祖現象
Babes In The Jungle 叢林中的孩子
Between Rounds 鬧劇
The Chair Of Philanthromathematics 慈善事業數學講座
Conscience In Art 藝術良心
The Cop and the Anthem 警察與贊美詩
A Cosmopolite in a Cafe 咖啡館里的世界公民
The Detective Detector 幾位偵探
A Double-dyed Deceiver 雙料騙子
The Furnished Room 帶傢具出租的房間
The Gift of the Magi 麥琪的禮物
The Green Door 綠色門
The Handbook of Hymen 婚姻手冊
Hearts and Hands 心與手
The Hiding of Black Bill 布萊克·比爾藏身記
Hygeia at the Solito 索利托牧場的衛生學
Jimmy Hayes And Muriel 吉米·海斯和繆里爾
Jeff Peters As A Personal Magnet 催眠術家傑甫·彼得斯
The Last Leaf 最後一片葉子
Lost on Dress Parade 華而不實
Mammon and the Archer 愛神與財神
The Man Higher Up 黃雀在後
The Marionettes 提線木偶
The Marry Month of May 五月是個結婚月
A Municipal Report 市政報告
The Pimienta Pancakes 比綿塔薄餅
The Princess and the Puma 公主與美洲獅
Psyche And The Pskyscraper 心理分析與摩天大樓
The Red Roses of Tonia 托尼婭的紅玫瑰
The Roads We Take 我們選擇的道路
The Romance of a Busy Broker 證券經紀人的浪漫故事
A Service of Love 愛的犧牲
Shearing The Wolf 虎口拔牙
Telemachus, Friend 刎頸之交
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen 兩位感恩節的紳士
An Unfinished Story 沒說完的故事
While The Auto Waits 汽車等待的時候
The Whirligig of Life 生活的波折
Withes' Loaves 女巫的麵包
以上就是有公開發表的翻譯版本的文章
schools and schools不在之列
歐亨利短篇小說集里也沒有。
就像《百年孤獨》一樣，也沒合法的翻譯版本，貌似馬爾克斯沒有賣給中國它所有作品的翻譯版權。
schools and schools可能也是這樣。
這個阿，很難找...可以看英文原版阿，讀起來可能會很麻煩。
寫論文，知道大意就可以了。
參考資料：http://ke..com/view/88041.htm
http://tieba..com/f?kz=69139525
這里都有，以後就方便了哦
⑶ 歐亨利短篇小說中的好詞,好句,好段
歐亨利短篇小說集好句
1 . 德拉這樣做了，可精神上的感慨油然而生，生活就是哭泣、抽噎和微笑，尤以抽噎占統治地位。
2 . 她花費了多少幸福的時日籌劃著要送他一件可心的禮物，一件精緻、珍奇、貴重的禮物——至少應有點兒配得上吉姆所有的東西才成啊。——《麥琪的禮物》
3 . 一個非常瘦小而靈巧的人，從觀察自己在一連串的縱條影象中，可能會對自己的容貌得到一個大致精確的概念。德拉身材苗條，已精通了這門子藝術。——《麥琪的禮物》
4 . 突然，她從窗口旋風般地轉過身來，站在壁鏡前面。她兩眼晶瑩透亮，但二十秒鍾之內她的面色失去了光彩。她急速地拆散頭發，使之完全潑散開來。——《麥琪的禮物》
5 . 此時此刻，德拉的秀發潑撒在她的周圍，微波起伏，閃耀光芒，有如那褐色的瀑布。她的美發長及膝下，彷彿是她的一件長袍。接著，她又神經質地趕緊把頭發梳好。躊躇了一分鍾，一動不動地立在那兒，破舊的紅地毯上濺落了一、兩滴眼淚。——《麥琪的禮
⑷ 歐亨利中英文短篇小說集
愛洋蔥有很多歐亨利中英文短篇小說，而且還是中英雙語的，下面的只是一部分，如果你感興趣可以去網站看看。
《三葉草和棕櫚樹》Shamrock and the Palm
借主人公之口，回憶了克蘭西從一位暴君的魔掌中逃脫的故事。
《失語漫遊》A Ramble in Aphasia
如果有一天，你一覺醒來發現自己失憶了，你會怎麼辦？歐·亨利的《失語漫遊》講述的正是一個失憶者的故事。一位成天鑽研法律的名律師，幾乎與娛樂絕緣，他的生活可謂了無生趣。有一天他的生活突然有趣了起來：他帶著巨款，在客車上失憶了！接下來他該何去何從？且看歐·亨利如何將一個成功男士失憶後的心理、生活狀態寫得惟妙惟肖！
《黃狗自傳》Memoirs of a Yellow Dog
動物會寫文章？動物會用語言表達自己？一隻黃狗會有怎樣的傾訴欲。歐·亨利短篇小說《黃狗自傳》，以一隻黃狗為第一人稱，講述一隻狗的日常生活
《恭賀佳節》Compliments of the Season
流浪漢、布娃娃、百元大鈔、百萬富翁、聖誕佳節這看似風馬牛不相及的一切到底有何關聯？走進歐·亨利千回百轉、光怪陸離、驚奇不斷的奇妙小說世界，《恭賀佳節》即將向您揭曉滿意的答案。
《巴格達之雞》A Bird of Bagdad
一個謎語引發了一群人的思考，歐·亨利似的結尾總能在最後讓讀者恍然大悟，又或者啞然失笑。奎格在路上偶遇一個小伙，小夥子為了取得參加心上人生日宴會的資格，正在為一個謎語而困惑不已。
《沒有結局的故事》An Unfinished Story
描寫了一位每周只掙五美圓的貧窮女工達爾西在闊佬的誘惑下，雖一時動搖但最終拒絕。她復雜的內心世界被真實的表現出來。
《鞋》Shoes
《鞋》是由一個玩笑引發的故事，讀來詼諧幽默又意味深長。小說的結尾是典型的「歐·亨利式
的結尾」，既在意料之外，又在情理之中。美國駐科拉里奧領事約翰收到了來自家鄉的一封信，咨詢關於來科拉里奧開鞋店是否可行。出於消遣，他回信說這里急需一家鞋店。實際情況則是，這個三千多人的小鎮沒有幾個人願受穿鞋之苦。沒想到，真的有人變賣了家產，滿懷希望載著鞋子來了，而這個人竟然還是約翰心上人的父親……
《閃光的金子》The Gold That Glittered
自以為是的騙子自作聰明卻弄巧成拙，有勇無謀的將軍無心插柳卻誤打誤撞狠狠地捉弄了騙子。世事難料，往往事與願違，是造化弄人，還是萬事皆有因？歐·亨利的短篇小說《閃光的金子》向我們講述了這樣一個荒謬的幽默諷喻故事。
⑸ 歐亨利短篇小說集好句摘抄
以下是一些歐亨利短篇小說的好句摘抄：
我們用友誼寫一本書，一本厚厚的書。在書里：友誼如珍珠，我們共同穿綴，聯成一串串璀璨的項鏈；友誼如綵綢，我們共同剪裁縫製成一件件絢麗的衣衫；友誼如花種，我們共同播撒，培育出一個個五彩的花壇；友誼如油彩，我們共同調色，描繪出一幅幅美麗的圖畫。
大街變成了人的河流。秧歌隊轉著圈的扭，像那奔流的河水打起漩渦;腰鼓的槌穗一起一落，如同歡樂的流水騰起的浪花。鼓聲，炮聲，歌聲，樂聲，交集成氣勢磅礴的交響曲。隨風飄動的桿桿紅旗，五彩繽紛的三角彩旗，光彩奪目的節日盛裝，喜氣洋洋的張張笑臉，描繪成最動人的圖畫。
美，可以在金碧輝煌的宮殿中，也可以在炸毀的大橋旁，可以在芳香撲鼻的鮮花上，也可以在風中跳動的燭光中；美，可以在超凡脫俗的維納斯雕像上，也可以在那平凡少女的笑魘里。生與死處在兩個世界，但美卻可在生死邊緣上閃閃發亮，這就是生命的力量——生命的至美。
漫步在那山間小道上，不為南飛的大雁所吸引，不為飄香的丹桂所痴望，只為敗落一地金黃的銀杏所駐足。那些曾金黃燦爛讓人們流連觀望的葉子，像蝴蝶般在空中翩翩起舞，像是為這個重要的儀式做最後的告別，繼而又像孩子撲入母親的懷抱般回到大地。
公園里的樹木沒有往日那樣蒼翠茂盛了，樹葉落了一地。一陣秋風吹過，地上的落葉便迎風起舞，好像一隻只美麗的蝴蝶，正翩翩起舞。地上的落葉，有的已經枯萎了；有的是剛落下的，還隱隱透著一絲綠意；還有的是幾天前就已經落下的，被蟲蛀了好幾個洞。
大自然是無情的，它從不會寬容每一個生命。只要是生命，它總有離開的這一天。綠葉的一生是平凡的，然而也是偉大的，它一生的基業，就是每天做同樣的事。綠葉看起來小小的，沒有人重視，但它卻為大自然做出了無比巨大的貢獻。
在山林里我看見了銀杏樹的葉子像一把把小扇子，扇哪扇哪，扇走了夏天的炎熱。還看見了楓樹，紅紅的楓葉像一枚枚郵票，飄哇飄哇，郵來了秋天的.涼爽。還有松樹的葉子綠綠的，在這時我心裡起了疑問，松樹的葉子怎麼是綠的呢？
⑹ 歐亨利佳句賞析
1. 歐亨利短篇小說好詞好段的賞析
《重見良知》 歐亨利
1. "是在說我嗎？"吉米一臉無辜，卻斬釘截鐵地說，"典獄長大人，哎，我生平根本沒遇到斯普林菲爾菲爾德！"
賞析：「無辜」一詞，形象地刻畫了人物的狡黠。
2. 還把一枚兩分五毛的銀幣扔進門口行乞的盲人的帽子里，然後登上火車。
賞析：細節描寫，刻畫了人物品質的兩面性，同時對後文故事發展做了微妙的鋪墊。
3. 此後又過了兩個周，洛根斯波特的一個保險櫃也像瓜子一樣被嗑開了—那隻特製防盜保險櫃經過改進，並且受專利保護。
賞析：運用比喻的修辭手法，寫出了盜賊手藝的高明，同時也諷刺了獲過專利的保險櫃的製造技藝之差。
4. 吉米·瓦滄汀在這里被突然燃起的愛情之火燒成了灰燼，涅槃後的他，以拉爾夫·迪·斯潘塞的身份留在了埃爾摩，並且一帆風順。
賞析：誇張的修辭，表明了吉米重新做人的決心。
2. 歐亨利短篇小說選的好詞好句
素白歲月、青澀歲月、溫婉、蔥郁青春、一抹眉間、細水長流
正如諸位所知，麥琪是聰明人，聰明絕頂的人，他們把禮物帶來送給出生在馬槽里的耶穌。他們發明送聖誕禮物這玩藝兒。由於他們是聰明人，毫無疑問，他們的禮物也是聰明的禮物，如果碰上兩樣東西完全一樣，可能還具有交換的權利。在這兒，我已經笨拙地給你們介紹了住公寓套間的兩個傻孩子不足為奇的平淡故事，他們極不明智地為了對方而犧牲了他們家最最寶貴的東西。不過，讓我們對現今的聰明人說最後一句話，在一切饋贈禮品的人當中，那兩個人是最聰明的。在一切饋贈又接收禮品的人當中，像他們兩個這樣的人也是最聰明的。無論在任何地方，他們都是最聰明的人。
索比急躁不安地躺在麥迪遜廣場的長凳上，輾轉反側。每當雁群在夜空中引頸高歌，缺少海豹皮衣的女人對丈夫加倍的溫存親熱，索比在街心公園的長凳上焦躁不安、翻來復去的時候，人們就明白，冬天已近在咫尺了。
3. 契柯夫 歐亨利 莫泊桑 小說好段賞析各兩篇
《套中人》小說的開頭與結尾也不能忽略。
它們是作品的重要組成部分，起了深化主題的作用。小說是從一月夜兩位打獵朋友的聊天開始的，他們本是海闊天空地閑聊，殊不知別里科夫的故事，引起了他們的感慨和深思。
開始的輕松寧靜和別里科夫的故事的沉悶氣氛形成了一種反差，接著又引出了一段皎潔恬靜的月色的描繪。這又和別里科夫的故事形成一種反差；大自然是寧靜美好的。
現實生活又是那麼黑暗污濁。於是在那個月夜裡，布爾金和伊凡·伊凡內奇浮想聯翩，想到生活中的種種套子。
作品最後寫到伊凡·伊凡內奇再也不能入睡了，他站了起來，坐到門外，點上了煙斗。也許，他想到：再也不能照這樣生活下去了！小說的這個結尾耐人 /z/q157823476.htm。
4. 歐亨利短篇小說中的好詞,好句,好段
一 歐亨利短篇小說集好詞1 . 掂斤播兩：掂、播：托在掌上試輕重。
比喻在小事情上過分計較。2 . 別無他途：形容沒有其他的途徑。
3 . 油然而生：自然地產生（某種思想感情）。4 . 春風得意：春風：春天和煦的風；得意：稱心如意。
和暖的春風很適合人的心意。後形容人處境順利，做事如意，事業有成。
5 . 一時興起：突發奇想，突然間的興致所致。6 . 晶瑩剔透：形容器物精緻、光亮通明，結構細巧。
7 . 黯然失色：黯然：心裡不舒服、情緒低落的樣子；失色：因驚恐而變以臉色。本指心懷不好，臉色難看。
後多比喻相形之下很有差距，遠遠不如。8 . 楞頭楞腦：形容魯莽冒失或傻呵呵的樣子或形容發楞發呆的樣子。
9 . 欣喜若狂：欣喜：快樂；若：好像；狂：失去控制。形容高興到了極點。
10 . 無影無蹤：蹤：蹤跡。沒有一點蹤影。
形容完全消失，不知去向。11 . 輾轉反側：輾轉：翻來復去；反側：反復。
翻來復去，睡不著覺。形容心裡有所思念或心事重重。
12 . 焦躁不安：著急，煩躁，坐立不安的樣子。13 . 近在咫尺：咫尺：很近的距離。
形容距離很近。14 . 鐵面無私：形容公正嚴明，不怕權勢，不講情面。
15 . 身無分文：形容非常貧窮。16 . 無憂無慮：沒有一點憂愁和顧慮。
17 . 溜之大吉：溜：趁人看不見走開；吉：吉祥。偷偷地跑掉為妙。
歐亨利短篇小說集好句二 歐亨利短篇小說集好句1 . 德拉這樣做了，可精神上的感慨油然而生，生活就是哭泣、抽噎和微笑，尤以抽噎占統治地位。2 . 她花費了多少幸福的時日籌劃著要送他一件可心的禮物，一件精緻、珍奇、貴重的禮物——至少應有點兒配得上吉姆所有的東西才成啊。
——《麥琪的禮物》3 . 一個非常瘦小而靈巧的人，從觀察自己在一連串的縱條影象中，可能會對自己的容貌得到一個大致精確的概念。德拉身材苗條，已精通了這門子藝術。
——《麥琪的禮物》4 . 突然，她從窗口旋風般地轉過身來，站在壁鏡前面。她兩眼晶瑩透亮，但二十秒鍾之內她的面色失去了光彩。
她急速地拆散頭發，使之完全潑散開來。——《麥琪的禮物》5 . 此時此刻，德拉的秀發潑撒在她的周圍，微波起伏，閃耀光芒，有如那褐色的瀑布。
她的美發長及膝下，彷彿是她的一件長袍。接著，她又神經質地趕緊把頭發梳好。
躊躇了一分鍾，一動不動地立在那兒，破舊的紅地毯上濺落了一、兩滴眼淚。——《麥琪的禮物》6 . 呵，接著而至的兩個小時猶如長了翅膀，愉快地飛掠而過。
請不用理會這胡謅的比喻。她正在徹底搜尋各家店鋪，為吉姆買禮物。
——《麥琪的禮物》7 . 他的兩眼固定在德拉身上，其神情使她無法理解，令她毛骨悚然。既不是憤怒，也不是驚訝，又不是不滿，更不是嫌惡，根本不是她所預料的任何一種神情。
他僅僅是面帶這種神情死死地盯著德拉。——《麥琪的禮物》8 . 白皙的手指靈巧地解開繩子，打開紙包。
緊接著是欣喜若狂的尖叫，哎呀！突然變成了女性神經質的淚水和哭泣，急需男主人千方百計的慰藉。——《麥琪的禮物》9 . 現在，這一切居然屬於她了，可惜那有資格佩戴這垂涎已久的裝飾品的美麗長發已無影無蹤了。
——《麥琪的禮物》10 . 正如諸位所知，麥琪是聰明人，聰明絕頂的人，他們把禮物帶來送給出生在馬槽里的耶穌。他們發明送聖誕禮物這玩藝兒。
由於他們是聰明人，毫無疑問，他們的禮物也是聰明的禮物，如果碰上兩樣東西完全一樣，可能還具有交換的權利。——《麥琪的禮物》。
5. 《歐亨利短篇小說集》好詞好段,特別特別急~~~
正如諸位所知，麥琪是聰明人，聰明絕頂的人，他們把禮物帶來送給出生在馬槽里的耶穌。他們發明送聖誕禮物這玩藝兒。由於他們是聰明人，毫無疑問，他們的禮物也是聰明的禮物，如果碰上兩樣東西完全一樣，可能還具有交換的權利。在這兒，我已經笨拙地給你們介紹了住公寓套間的兩個傻孩子不足為奇的平淡故事，他們極不明智地為了對方而犧牲了他們家最最寶貴的東西。不過，讓我們對現今的聰明人說最後一句話，在一切饋贈禮品的人當中，那兩個人是最聰明的。在一切饋贈又接收禮品的人當中，像他們兩個這樣的人也是最聰明的。無論在任何地方，他們都是最聰明的人。
索比急躁不安地躺在麥迪遜廣場的長凳上，輾轉反側。每當雁群在夜空中引頸高歌，缺少海豹皮衣的女人對丈夫加倍的溫存親熱，索比在街心公園的長凳上焦躁不安、翻來復去的時候，人們就明白，冬天已近在咫尺了。
頃刻間，這種新的思想境界令他激動萬分。一股迅急而強烈的沖動鼓舞著他去迎戰坎坷的人生。他要把自己拖出泥淖，他要征服那一度駕馭自己的惡魔。時間尚不晚，他還算年輕，他要再現當年的雄心壯志，並堅定不移地去實現它。管風琴的莊重而甜美音調已經在他的內心深處引起了一場革命。明天，他要去繁華的商業區找事干。有個皮貨進口商一度讓他當司機，明天找到他，接下這份差事。他願意做個煊赫一時的人物。他要……
6. 契訶夫 莫泊桑 歐·亨利 代表作的好句好段越多越好
「連接好幾天，潰退下來的隊伍零零落落地穿城而過，他們已經不能算作什麼軍隊，簡直是一幫一幫散亂的烏合之眾……」故事發生在普法戰爭中法國軍隊潰敗，普魯士軍隊侵佔了魯昂城時，魯昂城有10個人：奸商鳥先生和夫人、資產家、政客卡雷•拉瑪東先生和夫人、貴族德•布雷維爾伯爵和夫人、兩位修女、「民主黨愛國人士」高尼岱、還有妓女羊脂球抱著不同的目的在鵝毛大雪的寒夜同乘一輛馬車要離開普魯士佔領區。
途中並不順利，半道碰上一位瘦高個的年青普魯士軍官，因為垂涎於羊脂球，提出了要羊脂球陪他過夜的要求，否則便要把全車的人無限期的扣留。羊脂球雖然是個妓女，但本著對侵略者的仇恨和對自己祖國的熱愛，憤而不從。
普魯士軍官是深知人性的本性的，他緊抓著手裡的王牌「他的意思是他的希望一天得不到滿足，就必須把全部的人扣留一天。」 同車的人群一開始聽聞羊脂球說出來被扣留的真象時，義憤填膺。
「當時只聽見一片譴責這個無恥丘八的呼聲，一片暴怒的怨聲；全體團結起來抵禦敵人了，彷彿敵人要羊脂球做出犧牲的這件事里他們每個人也都有一份……」人群起初的義憤到被扣留後「大家對羊脂球的好像有點冷冰冰了」；「他們現在幾乎有點兒怨恨這個女人了，為什麼她不偷偷地跑去找那個普魯士人……」，人群為自己的處境擔心，建議把羊脂球一個人留下，讓他們離開，被普魯士軍官拒絕後，他們只有改變方法對羊脂球進行說服和勸說……到最後，羊脂球屈辱地為了大家的利益，順從了普魯士軍官而換來了放行，卻遭到無恥的同車人的冷待。 「幾張嘴不停地張開了閉攏，閉攏了張開，咽啊，嚼啊，吞啊，非常的兇猛。」
…… 「那一籃子東西是吃光了。十個人吃著一籃子東西毫不費力就把它打掃干凈，大家視為遺憾的是籃子只有這么大而不更大一點。
自從把東西吃完以後，談話稍稍冷淡了一些，但還繼續了一些時候？」 作者在美麗善良的羊脂球周圍刻畫了一群醜陋粗鄙的人。他們雖然有著崇高的社會地位，卻有著和他們的地位成反比的骯臟的靈魂。
用天性作對比，用語言作對比，用身份地位作對比，使我們清晰地從他們身上看到了善與惡、美與丑。心情也從崇敬到鄙視，從同情到憤怒。
同樣是普法戰爭的受害者，人和人之間的差別是那麼懸殊。平時一本正經甚至受人尊敬的人，在災難面前顯露出卑劣無恥的面孔，而在社會上沒有地位和尊嚴的人卻表現的無私善良。
通過對比手法的運用，作者沒有直接告訴我們羊脂球這個形象是美與丑，可是我們對於她的美麗、善良卻體會深刻。 處於戰爭中的人們都是自顧不暇，一心只想保住性命。
而羊脂球卻迥異於他人。雖然，她也是為了保住性命乘車躲避災禍，但作者卻把讀者的視覺轉移到羊脂球隨身所帶的衣食上。
這里作者沒有交待羊脂球的勇敢鎮定，但是我們卻從羊脂球准備充足的食物和行李看出，她「逃跑」是有尊嚴的，而不像那些"受人尊敬"的老爺、太太那樣，平時傲慢十足、不可一世，發生危險時，卻一個個本性暴露，匆忙得連食品都忘記了。作者獨到的視覺，隱藏了每個人的言行，只是簡單地交待了每個人的行李物品，就使我們一下子看到了誰在面臨災難時是勇敢者，而誰是懦夫。
寫到這里，作者似乎還嫌揭露得不夠。他以蔑視的口氣寫到了那些「上等人」為了填飽肚子，全然不顧先前的尊嚴、面子，而太太們也瞬間將原來故作貞潔的目光變作曖昧、親切，他們的目的再清楚不過，只是為了佔有羊脂球的食物，達到裹腹的目的。
在這里，作者用諷刺的手法詳細地描寫了每個人的吃相，讓我們清楚地看到這些平日作威作福的「上等人」，也會像飢餓的乞丐突然獲得食物那樣，露出粗鄙不堪、狼吞虎咽的醜陋形象。 「幾張嘴不停地張開了閉攏，閉攏了張開，咽啊，嚼啊，吞啊，非常的兇猛。」
…… 「那一籃子東西是吃光了。十個人吃著一籃子東西毫不費力就把它打掃干凈，大家視為遺憾的是籃子只有這么大而不更大一點。
自從把東西吃完以後，談話稍稍冷淡了一些，但還繼續了一些時候？」 莫泊桑是一位有思想、有作為的作家，但是他又是一名善於隱藏的人。他的文章中幾乎找不到平鋪直敘的說教，他的創作最大特點就是善於隱藏自己。
同時，他更巧妙地掌握了如何在隱藏的同時，傳達給讀者自己的觀點，最終給讀者以啟迪和教育。這種隱藏並不是真正的隱藏，他恰到好處地突出了作品的主題，比那些平鋪直敘的陳述和冗長的道理更耐人尋味。
在《羊脂球》中，這種「隱藏」的藝術更是隨處可見。他客觀、冷靜、不摻雜任何個人感情的對人物的活動進行描述和闡釋。
很簡單的，我們沒有花費什麼力氣便進入了小說里人物的靈魂，在其中回轉迭合，思索和理解是自發的，沒有絲毫被作者強制及強加。現實主義和先鋒類的東西不同，不像先鋒類的寫作手法所關心的是自身的語言文體敘事等，托著它的是虛構和想像。
而現實主義是藝術的重現生活中的真實事件。 小說的主人公羊脂球是名妓女，屬於社會的最低階層，是受到唾棄和背負恥辱的人群。
她們的存在似乎代表了人類的墮落，社會的黑暗。小說中，女主人公羊脂球就是以這樣的形象出現在那。
7. 歐亨利短篇小說選讀書筆記（有好詞、好句、主要內容的）27篇都要有
讀《麥琪的禮物》有感 《麥琪的禮物》是歐·亨利寫的一篇有趣的文章.它主要講述了聖誕節的前一天，住在公寓里的貧窮的德拉想給丈夫吉姆一個驚喜，可是她只有一元八角七，她知道這點錢根本不夠買什麼好的禮物，於是她把引以自豪的褐色瀑布似的秀發剪下來，賣了，換來了20美元.找遍了各家商店，德拉花去21美元，終於買到一條樸素的白金錶鏈，這可以配上吉姆的那塊金錶.而吉姆也想給老婆一個驚喜，他同樣賣掉了引以自豪的金錶，買了德拉羨慕渴望已久的全套漂亮的梳子作聖誕禮物. 從這篇文章里，雖然表面上看他們極不明智地為了對方而犧牲了他們家各自最寶貴的東西，但我深深地感到，他們彼此深愛著對方.他們能犧牲自己最貴重的物品，為的是給對方買來最好的禮物.可是雙方賣掉了自己貴重的物品，那麼對方的禮物已經不適合自己了，而他們做這些事的時候，都是為了對方著想，根本沒有考慮自己.正是因為他們互相愛著，而且是深深地愛著對方，才會有這樣有趣的結局. 讀完這篇文章，我懂得了我們要去關愛別人，這樣別人才會愛我們，正是有了愛，人與人之間才會相互理解，人與人之間才有溫情.人與動物之間也是因為有了愛，動物才會信任人類，不傷害人類，與人類和平相處.愛的力量真的是很偉大的，有一首歌裡面就唱到了：只要人人都獻出一點愛，世界將變成美好的人間.在去年印度洋海嘯發生的時候，就有全世界各國的人民伸出援助之手，捐款捐物幫助受難的災民重建家園，使失散的親人團聚，從這件事中，我感受到了各國人民之間的純潔友誼.我相信：只要我們心中充滿愛，我們的世界會有更加美好的明天 最後一片葉子》讀後感 因這我想看到最後一片葉子掉下來，我等得不耐煩了，也想得不耐煩了，我想擺脫一切飄下去，飄下去，像一片可憐的，疲倦了的葉子那樣. ——引自《最後一片葉子》 其實，我想對你們說，別再這樣無聊下去了，學點吧，至少讓你們覺得並非無事可做.我想對你們說，抓住青春吧，別讓它從你身邊飄走. 初中三年，應該是殘酷的三年，因為它只來一次，而它來的時候，我們還不懂得人生，還沒有做好迎接它的准備.我不想你們在走出這個大門後，回首的瞬間，有著太多的失落、後悔與心酸. 或許因為一次次地失敗，你們對學習失去了信心，你們認為這一切太難太難.但即使如此，我們就可以放棄嗎？ 不，為什麼要放棄！一直以來，我就以為自己的命運就得自己來主宰；一直以來，我就認為這世上的每一個生命都有權力活出自己的精彩；一直以來，我就把自己當作一個勇士，任何的驚險，我都要去嘗試；一直以來，在每一次失落、失敗後，我命令自己勇敢地站起來！ 對自己的未來負責，你們想過嗎？不需要別人來畫上那一片葉子，讓我們自己對自己說：永遠都不放棄，在任何時刻！ 選擇：給我自己 貝爾門，一個偉大的畫家.雖然他的大半生都窮困潦倒，走得是一條失敗之路.但他始終有個響亮的目標——畫一幅「偉大的傑作」.四十年，他都沒有因自己的失敗而放棄作畫，他一直等待著時機. 與把自己的生命寄託於一片飄搖的葉子瓊西相比，貝爾門更像一個失敗的英雄.面對他，和他用生命畫成的「傑作」，我們任何人都不得不肅然起敬. 然而，如果冷靜地思考一下，像貝爾門這樣幾乎盲目的執著卻並非可取.若沒有最後的偶然，他將是一個徹頭徹尾的可憐蟲.在這個世界上，物競天擇，適者生存，既然他在畫畫方面沒有什麼天賦，不可能有更大的發展，那就應該明智些，在活下來的前提下，更換一種新的生存方式 ，努力使自己活得更出色，而不必拘泥於那沒有發展的繪畫. 學習，就像一棵樹——或許生活也是.我們不可能將每片葉子、每件事都做得很好.就像我，不可能完全地參加所有競賽，不可能把我曾經喜愛的笛子、二胡練得樣樣精通，也不可能和每一個同學交成好朋友.於是，我選擇放棄，我放棄了許多的葉子，放棄了二胡、笛子，放棄了我不能取得成功的數學競賽，但我不放棄自己.放棄一些葉子，只是為了讓有限的水分和養料開出我想要的花，結出我想要的果，只是為了讓自己的根枝長得更粗壯，讓自己有一個更有發展餘地的未來. 於是，我放棄我應該放棄的，但絕不放棄自己. 《警察與贊美詩》讀後感 當人們真正想要努力去做了，上帝偏偏又開始吝嗇了，反悔了，賴皮了. 不可否認，機遇是不等人的，它不是被動的，不會等著你去分析這，分析那，考慮這，考慮那等一系列瑣碎的事件後，再決定去做.或許它本身就是個稍縱即逝的「精靈」，它考驗的是我們的勇氣與膽量，智慧與靈魂.但也不是說，所有的事都不應該經過深思熟慮，周密安妥的進行，如果是這樣，那麼我們與遠古時代又有何分別？ 當然機遇也是需要珍惜的，需要好好利用的，碰到機遇已經是很「困難」的，要充分地徹底地去利用，卻是「難上加難」.怎樣去更好地「完善」它，是個重點. 那位警察，不是已經給了索比多次機會嗎？而索比並沒有為此去認識到什麼，只是一味地無休止地不停地為著他心中所謂的「目標」繼續扮演著生命的「小丑」，樂此不疲.而幸運的他，總在「舞台」上有寫「失足」，但終究被當作「笑料」，一笑置之. 一場「戲劇」的結束。
8. 人生的波瀾歐亨利賞析
今天相處在一起的人，二十年後將會怎樣？不要說有二十年的分離，即使間中有機會見見面的親戚或朋友，變化都會很大的，容貌的變化反而不大，但經歷、處境、人生態度等等，差異會很大。
年青的讀者不妨與您的朋友玩玩這個二十年之約，這和玩時間囊有異曲同工之趣。作品中，韋爾斯從一個遲頓的老實人成為一個干練的巡警；而鮑勃則從一個不甘平凡的聰明人成為一個不法之徒。
命運作弄了這一對昔日的好夥伴，二十年後成為勢不兩立的警察與匪徒，他們的人生路都是有跡可尋的。韋爾斯堅持了原則，也顧及了友誼。
歐.享利是一位出色的短篇小說家，他的作品風格往往以出人意料之外的結局稱譽於世，效法的人很多，這種手法因而被尊稱為「歐.享利式結局」，亦成為華文微型小說特徵之一。當代華文情節式的微型小說，超過一半的作品都或多或少效法這種結局，即使非情節式的小說，如詩化小說永遠的蝴蝶>，其收結也是出人意表的。
本作品接近二千字，本來歸類於短篇小說。在外國，沒有微型小說之稱，卻有「 Short Short Story 」 的稱謂，泛指極短的小說，也包括一般的故事，這和國內「小小說」的內涵相當，之於台灣的「極短篇」是包括短小的散文的。
微型小說則限於小說，又和短篇小說及一般的故事有所區別。而二十年後>除了字數多了些外，都符合現代華文微型小說的文體與藝術特徵。
從本作品可以看到，現代華文微型小說橫向借鑒的脈絡。 讀者從本作品可以發現，歐.享利式結局並非一種硬驚奇，用論者的說法便是出乎意料之外，卻在情理之中。
說本作品的結局是符合情理的，則要留意一些細節：兩人的個性預示了不同的人生取向；犯罪者的心理傾向於主動剖白自己；鮑勃志得意滿的過份自信減弱了應有的驚愓；場景昏暗的燈光也模糊了視線，燃點香煙的細節卻讓韋爾斯看得一清二楚；鮑勃不經意的財富顯露也讓他露餡；韋爾斯正直的個性與警察的歷練讓他冷靜面對犯罪的朋友。上列這些，都可見作者的藝術匠心。
優秀的微型小說都有一個共同的特徵，構思巧妙而精密。硬驚奇只是訴諸簡單的巧合，甚至讓人摸不著頭腦。
⑺ 歐亨利短篇小說的這篇評論文章怎樣翻譯成英文急急急
The 1 little people, big wisdom
The realistic strength is typical of O Henry's novels, characters protagonists, oftenburst out the wisdom in the crucial moment
The spark of wisdom, and use their wisdom to illuminate the people's mind, makingpeople ll and often played a conflict between you not human role.
Such as "Hargreaves" in imitation of the theater actor Haag Foss, in order to createa stubborn, arrogant, Chen Jiuqie stick in the mud of the southern soldiers stage image, and from the south of the retired major tal Bert made friends, and in its not
Imitate the prototype for the stage play the protagonist informed, imitating Hargreaves finally in Washington theater and achieved great success, but also deeply hurt that major Talbot the truth of the heart. In order to save their own faultand expressed his regret, that major Talbot squeezed Hargreaves decided to continue his performance, this time he played an old black uncle Moss, donated amajor three hundred dollars in return for tal Bert major former care as,overwhelmed by the major for gospel truth, glad to accept the money and no, thatstood in front of him is his spirit 7 liters smoke Hargreaves. Hargreaves expressedhis regret with own wisdom, the fracture between North and south, the gap betweenblack and white contrast all seem so ridiculous and not worth mentioning, but alsobring out the old person to be set in one's way of irony.
2, the humble identity has a noble mind
O Henry in the works the vast majority of ink and space on human feelings, the good things and eulogize noble mind, instead of the ugly and dark side often alluded to, some even to mention it, but for the readers to ponder. All the writingwriter not only plays by contrast that "beauty is more beautiful, the ugly and theugly" effect (4), and makes a wisps of poetry can often heavy social reality, which makes people face the dilemma and increase the ugly courage and determination.
"Return of the prodigal son" of Jimmy is an example, ahead of the release of Jimmyto steal a style unique, he even have their own special tools, however, he was tired of stealing the life, also does not want to and the police pull what non change one's name and surname, so he went to a remote be open and aboveboard Town,started a new life. Return of the prodigal son of his fame and love decent, however,when he faced was inadvertently locked to the insured cabinet children have encountered difficulties, conscience eventually prevailed, he once again became athief Jimmy, easily with his specialized tools to open the safe and rescued the child.However justified his oncoming old acquaintances detective Preiss ready to fightbut harvest this sentence: "I think you are mistaken, Mr. Spencer," the detectivewas his sacrifice spirit, makes him the return of the prodigal son. The author praises Jimmy noble heart, also silent praised: good warmth, will play to the extremeto the reader is left a few questions: Jimmy is a good man (the prison police also said he nature not bad), why would he do the thief? What makes a man not badpeople to become a thief? Perhaps the world and decadent Yanliang of social system will give the readers an answer. But here we see is the identity between the cops and thieves contrast reflected the truth of human power, between security andsacrificial selection contrast against the background of the people of the humblenoble conscience, such as the thief who can also have a noble heart.
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⑻ 有誰知道歐亨利的名言及故事英文的！急！急！
O. Henry was the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862–June 5, 1910), whose clever use of twist endings in his stories popularized the term "O. Henry Ending". His middle name at birth was Sidney, not Sydney; he later changed the spelling of his middle name when he first began writing as a journalist in the 1880s.
Early life
William Sidney Porter was born in 1862 on a plantation "Worth Place" in Greensboro, North Carolina. When William was three, his mother died from tuberculosis, and he and his father moved to the home of his paternal grandmother.
William was an avid reader, and graated from his aunt's elementary school in 1876, then enrolled at the Linsey Street High School. In 1879 he started working as a bookkeeper in his uncle's drugstore and in 1881 – at the age of nineteen – he was licensed as a pharmacist.
The Move to Texas
He relocated to Texas in 1882, initially working on a ranch in La Salle County as a sheep herder and ranch hand, then Austin where he took a number of different jobs over the next several years, including pharmacist, draftsman, journalist, and clerk. While in Texas he also learned Spanish.
In 1887 he eloped with Athol Estes, then eighteen years old and from a wealthy family. Her family objected to the match because both she and Porter suffered from tuberculosis. Athol gave birth to a son in 1888, who died shortly after birth, and then a daughter, Margaret, in 1889.
In 1894 Porter started a humorous weekly called The Rolling Stone. Also in 1894, Porter resigned from the First National Bank of Austin where he had worked as a teller, after he was accused of embezzling funds. In 1895, after The Rolling Stone ceased publication, he moved to Houston, where he started writing for the Houston Post. Shortly thereafter, he was arrested for embezzlement in connection with his previous employment in Austin.
Flight and Return
Porter was granted bond, but the day before he was e to stand trial on July 7, 1896, he absconded to New Orleans and later to Honras. However, in 1897, when he learned that his wife was dying, he returned to the United States and surrendered to the court, pending an appeal.
Athol Estes Porter died July 25, 1897. Porter was found guilty of embezzlement, sentenced to five years jail, and imprisoned April 25, 1898 at the Ohio State Penitentiary. He was released on July 24, 1901 for good behaviour after serving three years.
Origin of Pen Name
Porter published at least twelve stories while in prison to help support his daughter. Not wanting his readers to know he was in jail, he started using the pen name "O. Henry". It is believed that Porter got this name from one of the guards who was named Orrin Henry. However, there is much debate on this issue: one Porter biographer asserts that the name was derived from a girlfriend's cat, which answered to "Oh, Henry!" Guy Davenport, meanwhile, wrote that the name was a condensation of "Ohio Penitentiary". It also could be an abbreviation of the name of French pharmacist, Etienne-Ossian Henry, who is referred to in the U.S. Dispensatory, a reference work Porter used when he was in the prison pharmacy. Further confusing the issue is that for at least one short story, and for a later autobiographical author profile, Porter signed the "full" name Olivier Henry.
Porter also used a number of other noms de plume, most notably "Alex, Longford", and continued using a variety of pen names full-time when he took a writing contract for Ainslee's Magazine in New York City shortly after his release from prison. Eventually, "O. Henry" became the name that was most recognized by magazine editors and the reading public, and therefore led to the greatest fees for story sales. Accordingly, after about 1903 Porter used the "O. Henry" byline exclusively.
In fact, after his prison term Porter almost never identified himself in print by his real name, even in private correspondence to close friends. To editors, he was simply O. Henry (or occasionally Olivier Henry). When writing to friends, however, he would routinely sign his letters with one of a wide range of deliberately nonsensical pseudonyms, such as "Horatio Swampwater".
A Brief Stay At The Top
Porter married again in 1907 to his childhood sweetheart, Sarah Lindsey Coleman. However, despite the success of his short stories being published in magazines and collections (or perhaps because of the attendant pressure success brought), Porter became an alcoholic. Sarah left him in 1909, and he died in 1910 of cirrhosis of the liver. After funeral services in New York City, he was buried in Asheville, North Carolina. His daughter, Margaret Worth Porter, died in 1927 and was buried with her father.
Attempts were made to secure a presidential pardon for Porter ring the administrations of Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan. However, each attempt was met with the assertion that the Justice Department did not recommend pardons after death. This policy was clearly altered ring the administration of Bill Clinton (who pardoned Henry Flipper), so the question of a pardon for O. Henry may yet again see the light of day.
Stories
O. Henry stories are famous for their surprise endings. He was called the American Guy De Maupassant. Both authors wrote twist endings, but O. Henry stories were much more playful and optimistic.
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. His stories are also well known for witty narration.
The Four Million (a collection of stories) opens with a reference to Ward McAllister's "assertion that there were only 'Four Hundred' people in New York City who were really worth noticing. But a wiser man has arisen—the census taker—and his larger estimate of human interest has been preferred in marking out the field of these little stories of the 'Four Million'". To O. Henry, everyone in New York counted. He had an obvious affection for the city, which he called Baghdad on the Subway, and many of his stories are set there—but others are set in small towns and in other cities.
His famous story A Municipal Report opens by quoting Frank Norris: "Fancy a novel about Chicago or Buffalo, let us say, or Nashville, Tennessee! There are just three big cities in the United States that are 'story cities' — New York, of course, New Orleans, and, best of the lot, San Francisco." Thumbing his nose at Norris, O. Henry sets the story in Nashville.
Fundamentally a proct of his time, O. Henry's work provides one of the best English examples of catching the entire flavor of an age. Whether roaming the cattle-lands of Texas, exploring the art of the "gentle grifter", or investigating the tensions of class and wealth in turn of the century New York, O. Henry had an inimitable hand for isolating some element of society and describing it with an incredible economy and grace of language. Some of his best and least-known work resides in the collection "Cabbages and Kings", a series of stories which each explore some indivial aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy South American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. O. Henry is so famous for his unexpected plot twists that this warning is especially important.
A famous story of his, "The Gift of the Magi", concerns a young couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unbeknownst to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy a platinum fob chain for Jim's watch; unbeknownst to Della, Jim sells his most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Della's hair. The essential premise of this story has been copied, re-worked, parodied, and otherwise re-told countless times in the century since it was written.
The Ransom of Red Chief concerns two men who kidnap a boy of ten. The boy turns out to be so bratty and obnoxious that the desperate men ultimately pay the boy's father two hundred and fifty dollars to take him back.
The Cop and the Anthem concerns a New York City hobo named Soapy, who sets out to get arrested so he can spend the cold winter as a guest of the city jail. Despite efforts at petty theft, vandalism, disorderly conct, and "mashing", Soapy fails to draw the attention of the police. Disconsolate, he pauses in front of a church, where an organ anthem inspires him to clean up his life - whereupon he is promptly arrested for loitering.
In A Retrieved Reformation, safecracker Jimmy Valntine gets a job in a small town bank to case it for a robbery. Unexpectedly, he falls in love with the banker's daughter, and decides to go straight. Just as he's about to leave to deliver his specialized tools to an old associate, a lawman who recognizes him arrives at the bank, and a child locks herself in the airtight vault. Knowing it will seal his fate, Valentine cracks open the safe to rescue the child - and the lawman lets him go.
[edit] Cultural relations
O. Henry once said: "There are stories in everything. I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands." [citation needed]
The O. Henry Awards are yearly prizes given to outstanding short stories.
The O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships are held in May of each year in Austin, Texas, hosted by the city's O. Henry Museum.
O. Henry is a household name in Russia, as his books enjoyed excellent translations and some of his stories were made into popular movies, the best known being, probably, "The Ransom of Red Chief". The phrase "Bolivar cannot carry double" from "The Roads We Take" has become a Russian proverbs, whose origin many Russians do not even recognize.
O. Henry's first wife, Athol, was probably the model for Della[1].
In 1952 a film featuring five O. Henry stories was made. The primary one from the critic's acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem" starring Charles Laughton and Marilyn Monroe. The other stories are "The Clarion Call," "The Last Leaf," "The Ransom of Red Chief," and "The Gift of the Magi."
There is an O. Henry Middle School in Austin.
⑼ 歐亨利中英金句
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. 最殘酷的謊言常以沉默的方式說出。
Lies can never changes fact. 謊言終究是謊言。
Lies have short legs. 謊言站不長
A great talker is a great liar. 說大話者多謊言
A liar is worse than a thief. 撒謊比偷竊更可惡。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 騙子說真話，也沒人相信。
Lying is the first step to the gallows. 說謊是上斷頭台的第一步。
Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it. 謊言似蕁麻，玩弄會刺手。
There is many a fair thing full false. 有許多說得好聽的東西充滿了謬誤。
Though a lie be well drest，it is ever overcome. 謊言裝扮雖不錯，到頭總會被揭露。
A lie begets a lie till they come to generations. 謊言生謊言，謊言世代傳。
When one loves one's art no service seems too hard .( O. Henry, American novelist )任何偉大作品的第一稿都是狗屎。
自然界的事物是循圓周運動的；人為的事物則沿直線行進。自然的事物是圓形的；人為的事物則有稜有角。在雪地里迷路的人，總是不由自主地兜著圓圈；城裡人的腳給矩形的街道和房屋地板限製得本性泯滅，總是促使他筆直地行走。
出自：〔美〕歐·亨利《使圓成方》
美是完善無缺的自然；圓形是它的主要屬性。請看一輪滿月，迷人的金球，瑰麗廟宇的圓屋頂，越桔餡餅，結婚戒指，馬戲場地，召喚侍者的鈴，以及敬酒時的「一巡」。另一方面，直線表示自然界的事物受到了歪曲。試想，如果維納斯塑像的腰布換成直溜溜的罩衫，還像什麼樣子!
出自：〔美〕歐·亨利《使圓成方》
女人並不神秘；男人可以對她作出預言、分析、馴服、了解和解釋。女人神秘一說，是她們自己強加在輕信的人們的頭上。
出自：〔美〕歐·亨利《靠不住的規律》
當你愛好你的藝術時，就覺得沒有什麼犧牲是難以忍受的。
出自：〔美〕歐·亨利《愛的犧牲》
人的眼睛都是探照燈！
出自：〔美〕歐·亨利《愛的犧牲》
介紹：歐·亨利（O.Henry，1862年9月11日—1910年6月5日），又譯奧·亨利，原名威廉·西德尼·波特（William Sydney Porter），美國短篇小說家、美國現代短篇小說創始人，其主要作品有《麥琪的禮物》、《警察與贊美詩》、《最後一片葉子》、《二十年後》等。
美國著名批判現實主義作家，世界三大短篇小說大師之一。(歐·亨利、莫泊桑、契訶夫)原名威廉·西德尼·波特(William Sydney Porter)，是美國最著名的短篇小說家之一，曾被評論界譽為曼哈頓桂冠散文作家和美國現代短篇小說之父。
他出生於美國北卡羅來納州格林斯波羅鎮一個醫師家庭。他的一生富於傳奇性，當過葯房學徒、牧牛人、會計員、土地局辦事員、新聞記者、銀行出納員。當銀行出納員時，因銀行短缺了一筆現金，為避免審訊，離家流亡中美的宏都拉斯。後因回家探視病危的妻子被捕入獄，並在監獄醫務室任葯劑師。他創作第一部作品的起因是為了給女兒買聖誕禮物，但基於犯人的身份不敢使用真名，乃用一部法國葯典的編者的名字作為筆名。1901年提前獲釋後，遷居紐約，專門從事寫作。
歐·亨利善於描寫美國社會尤其是紐約百姓的生活。他的作品構思新穎，語言詼諧，結局總使人「感到在情理之中，又在意料之外」;又因描寫了眾多的人物，富於生活情趣，被譽為「美國生活的幽默網路全書」。代表作有小說集《白菜與國王》、《四百萬》、《命運之路》等。其中一些名篇如《愛的犧牲》、《警察與贊美詩》、《麥琪的禮物》(也稱作《賢人的禮物》)、《帶傢具出租的房間》、《最後一片常春藤葉》等使他獲得了世界聲譽，短篇小說《麥琪的禮物》以及《二十年後》被編入上海初中八年級語文課本。《最後一片常春藤葉》被編入上海九年級語文課本。名 句:「這時一種精神上的感慨油然而生，認為人生是由啜泣、抽噎和微笑組成的，而抽噎佔了其中絕大部分。」(《歐·亨利短篇小說選》)
⑽ 歐亨利短篇小說中的好詞好句有哪些
「人生是個含淚的微笑。」 -《歐·亨利短篇小說精選》
「為生命畫一片樹葉，只要心存相信，總有奇跡發生，雖然希望渺茫，但它永存人世。」 -《最後一片樹葉》
「我們最後變成什麼樣，並不取決於我們選擇了那條道路，而是取決於我們的內心」 -《我們選擇的路》
「燦爛的生命中一個忙碌的時辰，抵得上一世紀的默默無聞。」
-《忙碌經紀人的浪漫史》
歐·亨利簡介：
歐·亨利（1862—1910）是其筆名，原名為威廉·西德尼·波特（William Sydney Porter)。美國著名批判現實主義作家，世界三大短篇小說大師之一。曾被評論界譽為曼哈頓桂冠散文作家和美國現代短篇小說之父。他的作品構思新穎，語言詼諧，結局常常出人意外，代表作有小說集《白菜與國王》、《四百萬》、《命運之路》等。其中一些名篇如《愛的犧牲》、《警察與贊美詩》、《帶傢具出租的房間》、《麥琪的禮物》、《最後一片藤葉》等使他獲得了世界聲譽。