欧亨利简介
名家赏析欧亨利《包打听》导读
名家赏析欧亨利《包打听》导读
摘要：
一、欧亨利简介
二、小说《包打听》概述
三、作品主题与赏析
四、作品中的独特风格与艺术表现
五、结论与推荐阅读
正文：
一、欧亨利简介
欧亨利（O.Henry）是美国著名的短篇小说家，被誉为“美国短篇小说之父”。
他的作品以独特的结局和鲜明的人物形象闻名于世，被誉为“美国生活的幽默百科全书”。
二、小说《包打听》概述
《包打听》是欧亨利的一篇脍炙人口的短篇小说。
故事讲述了一个名叫约翰·霍普金斯的人，他因为知道太多别人的秘密而被称为“包打听”。
他用自己的知识帮助人们解决烦恼，却没想到自己的婚姻生活却因此变得复杂。
三、作品主题与赏析
《包打听》以婚姻为主题，通过约翰·霍普金斯的经历，揭示了人性的复杂和婚姻生活中的种种问题。
故事中欧亨利巧妙地运用讽刺和幽默的手法，使读者在欣赏故事的同时，思考婚姻和人生的真谛。
四、作品中的独特风格与艺术表现
欧亨利的作品以其独特的结局和鲜明的人物形象著称。
在《包打听》中，他巧妙地运用对话和心理描绘，使人物形象栩栩如生。
同时，故事情节紧凑，引人入胜，使读者一直保持着浓厚的兴趣。
五、结论与推荐阅读
《包打听》是一篇充满幽默和讽刺的短篇小说，通过对婚姻生活的描绘，展现了人性的复杂。
欧亨利介绍及其作品
➢1902年，他移居纽约，成了职业作家，创作了上百篇优秀的 短篇小说。
➢1904年，他出版了一生中唯一一部长篇小说《白菜与国王》 （Cabbages and Kings），这是一部结构松散的政治讽刺小说，有 时也被视作短篇小说集。
➢在纽约，由于大量佳作的发表，他名利双收，有时也受到记 者的采访。可他不仅挥霍无度，而且赌博，染上了他父亲的恶 习——酗酒。写作的劳累与生活的无节制使他的身体受到了严 重损伤。
出生于美国北卡罗来纳州格林 斯波罗镇一个医师家庭，三岁丧 母，之后与祖母、姑姑一起生活。
狂热的阅读者，但15岁便离开学 校。
做过许多工作，在药房当学徒， 做过会计、土地局办事员、记者。
1887年结婚，生有一儿一女。
1894年，欧·亨利花250美元买下了奥斯汀的一家周刊，将它更名 为《滚石》（也可以说他创办了《滚石》杂志），使它成为一份 幽默杂志。编辑《滚石》一年后的1895年4月，它完全失败了，于 是他将这份杂志物归了原主。接着，他们搬到了休斯顿 。1896年2 月，他受到了盗用公款的起诉，被传受审并被暂时关押。他的岳 父将他保释出狱。本来他的案路易斯安那州新奥尔良，然后又逃到了洪都 拉斯。
麦琪的礼物
在圣诞节前一天，一对小夫妻互赠礼物。 詹姆斯·迪林汉·扬 夫妇有两样东西特别
引为自豪。 一样是吉姆三代祖传的金表。 一样是德拉的头发。
如果所罗门王当了看门人，把他所有的财 富都堆在地下室里，吉姆每次经过那儿时 准会掏出他的金表看看，好让所罗门妒忌 得吹胡子瞪眼睛 。
德拉美丽的头发披散在身上，像一股褐色 的小瀑布，奔泻闪亮。头发一直垂到膝盖 底下，仿佛给她铺成了一件衣裳。
➢1907年，他跟早年时代的恋人莎拉·林德赛·科尔曼（Sarah Lindsey Coleman）结婚。他们是在欧·亨利一次回乡期间重逢的。 然而这次婚姻并未给欧·亨利带来任何幸福，反而带来更多的 不和与不快。 1908年，他与第二任妻子离婚。
欧亨利简介
欧亨利简介1. 引言欧亨利（O. Henry）原名威廉·悉尼·波特（William Sydney Porter），是美国著名的短篇小说家和作家。
他生于1862年，卒于1910年，出生于美国北卡罗来纳州。
欧亨利以其独特的文风和精彩的故事情节而闻名于世，被誉为美国短篇小说的大师之一。
本文将介绍欧亨利的生平经历和他对文学的重要贡献。
2. 生平经历欧亨利出生于美国北卡罗来纳州的一户农民家庭。
在很小的时候，他就展现出了写作天赋和对文学的浓厚兴趣。
然而，由于家境贫困，他无法接受正规的教育，而是通过自学来提高自己的知识水平。
在18岁时，欧亨利离开家乡前往德克萨斯州，开始了他的职业生涯。
他先后从事过药店店员、农场工人和画报推销员等工作。
这段时间的经历为他后来的创作提供了丰富的素材和灵感。
然而，欧亨利的职业生涯并不顺利，他曾因被控盗窃而入狱。
在狱中度过的几年时间里，他开始着手写作，并采用了笔名“欧亨利”来避免被追溯到自己的真实身份。
3. 文学贡献尽管欧亨利创作的时间并不长，但他的短篇小说作品却给人们留下了深刻的印象。
欧亨利的短篇小说通常以其出人意料的结局和精彩的故事情节而著称。
他善于运用幽默和讽刺的手法，深入探讨人性和社会问题。
欧亨利作品中的角色形象栩栩如生，他通过细腻入微的描写和独特的叙事方式，使读者在阅读过程中仿佛身临其境。
他的作品除了故事情节吸引人，还融入了对人性的深刻思考，引起了读者的共鸣。
其中，欧亨利最著名的作品之一是《礼品本》，这本以圣诞为主题的短篇小说集包含了许多经典作品，如《最后一片叶子》、《天使的脸孔》等。
这本书广受好评，被誉为美国短篇小说的经典之作。
除了《礼品本》，欧亨利的其他作品也具有艺术性和深度。
他的作品中常常揭示了社会的阴暗面和人性的复杂性，让读者对现实世界有更深入的思考。
4. 影响和评价欧亨利的作品不仅在美国，而且在世界范围内都广受欢迎。
他的独特写作风格和富有魅力的故事情节使他被视为短篇小说领域的杰出作家。
欧亨利小说知识课件
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欧亨利小说与其他文学作品的 比较
与其他美国作家的比较
欧亨利与马克吐温的比较
两者都擅长描绘美国西部乡村生活，但 欧亨利更注重人性的揭示，作品多带悲 剧色彩。
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欧亨利与海明威的比较
两者都擅长描绘人物内心世界，但欧亨利 更注重幽默和讽刺，作品多带喜剧色彩。
与世界文学的比较
欧亨利与法国作家莫泊桑的比较
拜金主义
金钱成为衡量一切的标准 ，人际关系变得冷漠和功 利化。
贫富分化
贫富差距悬殊，穷人生活 在贫困和苦难中，富人则 过着奢侈和挥霍的生活。
欧亨利对社会的批判
对道德沦丧的批判
对贫富分化的关注
欧亨利通过小说揭示了当时社会的道 德沦丧现象，对人们追求物质利益、 忽视精神追求进行了批判。
欧亨利通过小说反映了贫富分化的社 会现实，呼吁人们关注贫困和弱势群 体的处境，追求社会公正和平等。
两者都擅长短篇小说创作，莫泊桑更注重情节的紧凑和悬念的设置，而欧亨利更注重人物内心世界的 揭示。
欧亨利与俄国作家契诃夫的比较
两者都擅长揭示社会问题，契诃夫更注重对社会的批判，而欧亨利更注重对人性的理解和同情。
对后世作家的影响
对美国文学的影响
欧亨利的小说风格和主题对后来的美 国作家如菲茨杰拉德、福克纳等产生 了深远影响。
对拜金主义的讽刺
欧亨利通过描写人物的拜金主义行为 ，讽刺了金钱对人们价值观的扭曲和 破坏。
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欧亨利小说中的主要人物
小人物形象
小人物形象
欧亨利小说中经常出现小人物形象，这些人物通常生活在社会底层，面临着贫困 、失业、疾病等种种困境。他们虽然生活艰难，但往往保持着乐观、坚韧的精神 风貌，通过幽默、机智和善良来应对生活中的种种不幸。
欧亨利介绍
欧· 亨利善于描写美国社会尤其是纽约百姓的生活。他的作品构思新颖， 语言诙谐，结局总使人“感到在情理之中，又在意料之外”；又因描 写了众多的人物，富于生活情趣，被誉为“美国生活的幽默百科全 书”。
欧· 亨利在大概十年的时间内创作了短篇小说共有300多篇，其中以描写纽约曼哈顿市 民生活的作品为最著名。他把那儿的街道、小饭馆、破旧的公寓的气氛渲染得十分逼真， 故有“曼哈顿的桂冠诗人”之称。他曾以骗子的生活为题材，写了不少短篇小说。作者企 图表明道貌岸然的上流社会里，有不少人就是高级的骗子，成功的骗子。欧· 亨利对社会与 人生的观察和分析并不深刻，有些作品比较浅薄，但他一生困顿，常与失意落魄的小人物 同甘共苦，又能以别出心裁的艺术手法表现他们复杂的感情。他的作品构思新颖，语言诙 谐，结局常常出人意外；又因描写了众多的人物，富于生活情趣，被誉为“美国生活的幽 默百科全书”。 他的文字生动活泼，善于利用双关语、讹(é )音、谐音和旧典新意，妙趣横生,被喻为“含 泪的微笑”。他还以准确的细节描写，制造与再现气氛，特别是大都会夜生活的气氛。 欧· 亨利还以擅长结尾闻名遐迩，美国文学界称之为“欧· 亨利式的结尾”他善于戏剧 性地设计情节，埋下伏笔，作好铺垫，勾勒矛盾，最后在结尾处突然让人物的心理情境发 生出人意料的变化，或使主人公命运陡然逆转，使读者感到豁然开朗，柳暗花明，既在意 料之外，又在情理之中，不禁拍案称奇，从而造成独特的艺术魅力。 欧· 亨利把小说的灵魂全都凝聚在结尾部分，让读者在前的似乎是平淡无奇的而又是诙 谐风趣的娓娓动听的描述中，不知不觉地进入作者精心设置的迷宫，直到最后，忽如电光 一闪，才照亮了先前隐藏着的一切，仿佛在和读者捉迷藏，或者在玩弄障眼法，给读者最 后一个惊喜。在欧· 亨利之前，其他短篇小说家也已经这样尝试过这种出乎意料的结局。但 是欧· 亨利对此运用得更为经常，更为自然，也更为纯熟老到。在最后关头揭开了故事中所 有设置的悬念，被称为“意料之外，情理之中”的结局。
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波特过去跟他们一起喝酒。
东拉西扯地聊了几句以后，波特转身对老说：“欧，亨利！再照样来一份！”等着，波特从口袋里掏出一篇稿子说：“弟兄们，瞧，这是我写的我不想署上自己的名字，我用个什么名字才好呢？海普纳平静地说：“你干吗不干脆署上‘欧·享利’呢？天知道，你不是常常把个名字挂在嘴上吗？波特笑了，当时他并没把这个玩笑放在心上。
后来，他进了监狱。
在一间又小又脏的单人牢房里，他写了一篇无与伦比的短篇小说，然而署名却使他绞尽了脑汁，因为这名字必须掩盖自己的身份和耻辱。
欧亨利简介及评价 (中英双语)
欧·亨利与法国的莫泊桑、俄国的契诃夫并称为世界三大短篇小说巨匠。
近百年来，欧·亨利的小说在全世界一版再版，始终拥有大量的读者，足见其作品的生命力。
1918年，美国设立一年一度的“欧·亨利纪念奖”，专门奖励短篇小说的成就。
欧·亨利的名字早已和短篇小说的创作，和小人物的悲喜连在了一起。
他是一位高产的作家，一生中留下了一部长篇小说和近三百篇的短篇小说。
他的短篇小说构思精巧，风格独特，以表现美国中下层人民的生活、语言幽默、结局出人意料（即“欧·亨利式结尾”）而闻名于世。
正面欧·亨利的成功主要在于他善于捕捉和把握生活中的典型场面，在一个个生活的片断里，处于两难中的主人公必须面对抉择，这时不仅能集中刻画人物心理，也能充分展示生活中固有的矛盾。
再加上欧·亨利具有把情节剪裁得恰到好处的本领，因而能在很短的篇幅内达到一种思想与艺术相结合的完美效果，给人以强烈的印象，而这也正是短篇小说成功的关键。
反面有的外国评论家曾说过：“（欧·亨利的小说）不要真实性，没有道德意识，没有人生哲理。
”——不过这种说法被多数评论家所否定。
当时有人批评他的“欧·亨利式结尾”读多了就没意思。
——不过这种说法也被多数评论家所否定。
有人认为他的小说写的浅薄。
有人说：“在欧·亨利的所有小说中，找不出一个写得真实的人物。
”欧·亨利对自己的小说也不满意，一次他在给一位朋友的信中说过：“我是个失败的人。
我的小说究竟如何呢？老实说，我并不满意。
我就害怕人们说我是什么‘名作家’。
”O.Henry, with Maupassant and Chekhov['tʃekɔf], were honored as the three masters of short stories in the world. Again and again, his works were published all over the world, and were enjoyed by many readers, which showed its strong vitality [vaɪ'tælɪtɪ].O.Henry was a high-producing writer who left a novel and nearly three hundreds short stories. Writing at the rate of more than one story per week, O. Henry published ten collections of stories. In 1919 the O. Henry Memorial Awards for the best American short stories published each year were founded by the Society of Arts and Sciences.William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 –June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings.When you read his book, you will find the ending is always unexpected. For example, in the book The Cop[kɒp] and the Anthemf['ænθəm]，the hero Souby wanted to live in the prison for a settled life, so he caused some troubles, entertaining the intention of drawing the policeman’s attention. But unfortunately, things didn’t happen as he had wished. Later, Souby read an anthem by chance and decided to be a good guy. When readers, even Souby himself, believed that he would start a new life from then on, a policeman, who had once been longing for by Souby, was appeared and took Souby into the curt.The ending is out of blue, but you will find it is also resonable. It was this unique character made O.Henry’s works distinctive.O.Henry designed the ending as the soul of the whole book. He was good at writing the story dramatically and preparing the hints hidden in the unromantic and humor narration.As to O.Henry’s writing style, there exist two different sides. Some people give positivecomments about his works: O.Henry succeed by his perspective. He was able to catch a typical scene of everyday life and wrote it vividly in a short story, which achieved an artistic charm.However, there are also some critics hold an opposite view, for they think that his works was a little shallow—even O.Henry himself agreed that. He once said to one of his friends:”I am not satisfied with my works, and I’m afraid about being named as a ‘famous writer’.”Although the critic is reasonable to a certain degree, it can not be denied that O.Henry was a greatful writer. His works satirized the unfairness in that age powerfully and still have an influence.。
欧亨利的英文简介
欧亨利的英文简介欧·亨利，美国现代短篇小说创始人，曾被评论界誉为曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父，下面是店铺为你整理的欧亨利的英文简介，希望对你有用!欧·亨利简介O Henry (1825-1911), also translated Austrian Henry, formerly known as William Sidney Porter, American short novelist, founder of the American modern short story, its main works are "Maggie's gift "," Police and hymn "," last leaf "," twenty years later "and so on.September 11, 1862, Henry Henry was born in the United States North Carolina Greensboro, has worked as a bank clerk, pharmacists and so on. In February 1896, Ou Henry was imprisoned for allegations of misappropriation of public funds and fled to Honduras. In 1898 again in prison, began to publish works. In 1902, Henry Henry moved to New York to become a professional writer. On June 5, 1910, O Henry died of liver cirrhosis in New York. Ou Henry and Chekhov and Maupassan tied the world's three major short stories, has been criticized as the Manhattan laurel prose writer and the father of modern American short stories, his works are "American life encyclopedia" reputation.欧·亨利人物经历September 11, 1862, Henry Henry was born in the United States North Carolina Greensboro, formerly known as William Sidney Porter.In 1865, when Henry Henry was three years old, his mother died of tuberculosis. In the same year, he and his father moved to his grandmother's house to live, and he was sent to a privateschool run by his brother. He was later raised by his grandmother and aunt, and his aunt inspired his love for literature.In 1876, Henry Henry graduated from aunt's private school. Then he went to high school to study, but was forced to drop out of school in 1877, to his uncle's pharmacy for five years apprentice. Juvenile Henry Henry likes to paint, and quite talent, he was young when they wanted to be a painter.In March 1882, a doctor named James K. Hall of Greensboro saw that Henry Henry was in a bad condition and took him to a sheep farm in Lassalle County, Texas. Henry Henry liked the life of the western ranch, where he lived for two years. He sometimes helps to do the shepherd, the chef, the baby caregiver, and learn from some immigrants for some time in Spanish and German.In 1884, Henry Henry came to Austin, living in a fellow home, and in Austin to find a job. Henry Henry has changed the living conditions of the poor by singers, dramatists, pharmacists, draftsmen, journalists and tellers. Western life inspired his humorous cells, and became an important material for his later short stories. He changed his ambition at the age of 21 and decided to become a writer.In 1887, Henry Henry and Aosol Estes (married to Aso Porter) married, the same year in the "Detroit free press and real" published works.In 1891, Henry Henry came to Austin First National Bank as a cashier.In 1894, Henry Henry spent $ 250 to buy Austin's weekly magazine, renamed it "Rolling Stone", making it a humorous magazine. He is both editors and publishers, write their own articles, painting their own. In October the same year, the federal bank inspector found that the account of Europe Henry hadproblems, he had to resign.In April 1895, a year after the editor of the Rolling Stones, the magazine failed completely, so that Henry Henry returned the magazine to the original. Then they moved to Houston, where Henry Henry went to the "Houston Post" as a journalist and columnist.In February 1896, Euro Henry was prosecuted for misappropriation of public funds, passed the trial and was temporarily held. His father-in-law will be released from prison. Originally, Henry Henry's case was not serious, but he fled to New Orleans on the day before the summons (July 7, 1896) and then fled to Honduras. He spent several months at the hotel in Tegucigalpa. He learned to help him in his early years, and he began writing novels "cabbage and kings" in Honduras.In February 1897, O Henry was informed that his wife suffering from tuberculosis was in critical condition and returned to Austin. He was arrested immediately after returning home, but soon again by father-in-law released from prison. On July 25, his wife, Aso Porter, died of tuberculosis.In February 1898, Ou Henry was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison. On 25 March, he commenced his sentence in federal prison in Columbus, Ohio. During his sentence, O. Henry was a prisoner, and in order to maintain his daughter and his life, and for her daughter to school, he began to write short stories. In the same year, O Henry changed his name from William Sidney Porter to William Sydney Poter.In December 1899, he published his short story "The Whistle King Dick's Christmas Socks" in the "Macquarie" magazine's Christmas number with "O Henry" as the pseudonym. He sent the novel to his friend in New Orleans, and his friend wasforwarded to the magazine. Since then, his pen name began to pay attention to the reader.In 1901, three years and three months later, Ou Henry was released in prison for good performance. On July 24, he reunited with her daughter in Pittsburgh.In 1902, Henry Henry moved to New York, became a professional writer, created hundreds of excellent short stories. In New York, due to the publication of a large number of masterpieces, he fame and fortune, and sometimes by journalists. But he not only squandered, but gambling, and infected with his father's abuse of alcoholism. The indulgence of writing and the incompetence of life made his body severely damaged.In 1904, Henry Henry published the only novel in his life "cabbage and kings", which is a loose structure of political satire, sometimes also regarded as short stories.In 1906, Euro Henry published a short story collection of "four million".In 1908 he divorced his second wife, Sarah Lindsay Coleman. His economic situation began to bad, in order to alleviate the pressure of life, he had to quickly create novels to pay royalties, which also led to the quality of his works uneven. He often drinks six days a week, gambling, the seventh day to spend a day to write a short story, and then to the magazine published. In the same year, he published the short story collection "City Voice" and "the last leaf".In 1909, Henry Henry published a short story collection "The Road to Destiny".In 1910, Ou Henry created the "red hair chiefs ransom". On June 3, Henry Henry fell ill in writing his last short story "Dream" in his life. On June 5, Henry Henry died of cirrhosis. His funeralwas held in New York, where he was buried in Asheville, North Carolina.。
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• The so-called O. Henry’s twist ending means: the end of the article makes sense not only unexpected but logical and convincing.（意料之外，情理之中） • e.g. "Gift of the Magi", "the last piece of ivy leaves“ and “The cop and the anthem”.
• In 1862， O Henry was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. • In 1865, when he was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his paternal grandmother and aunt.
II.
写作特色
﹡A.写作主题 ﹡B.写作特征
A.写作主题
1) The United States western life （西部生活 ） 2) Latin American life （拉美生活） 3) big city life of America （大都市生活）
主要的三部小说集能够反映其主题划分：
O Henry 欧•亨利
I. II. III. IV. V. 简介及生平 写作特色 主要作品欣赏 评价与影响 更多内容
I.简介及生平
﹡A.个人简介 ﹡B.入狱风波 ﹡C.笔名来历 ﹡D.生活大eal name：Williams Sydney Porter 威廉姆斯· 西德尼· 波特 • 2. Birthplace: Greensboro, North California • 3.Family Background: his father, a physician • 4. Education: receive little formal schooling • 5. Working Experiences: did a variety of odd jobs （药房学徒、牧牛人、会计员、土地局办事员、 新闻记者、银行出纳员）
• 幽默是美国的文学传统之一。从华盛顿· 欧文开始，许多作家 都善于写那些有趣可笑而又意味深长的故事。欧文的幽默是 在善意的揶揄之中含有淡淡的讽刺；马克· 吐温的幽默以充满 俚语的口语，滑稽、俏皮的描写和极夸张的形象，揭示了生 活中的真理；欧文· 肖的幽默则在注重描述人物性格的幽默风 趣上。 • 欧· 亨利承袭这一传统，受同时代作家的影响，加之一生经历 坎坷，使得他独特的幽默与众不同——充满了辛酸的笑声， 有持久的吸引力。
3.O Henry’ s Twisting End ： 欧· 亨利以擅长结尾闻名遐迩，美国文 欧亨利式结尾 学界称之为“欧 · 亨利式的结尾”。
他善于戏剧性地设计情节，埋下伏笔， 作好铺垫，勾勒矛盾，最后在结尾处突然 让人物的心理情境发生出人意料的变化， 或使主人公命运陡然逆转，使读者感到豁 然开朗，柳暗花明，既在意料之外，又在 情理之中，不禁拍案称奇，从而造成独特 的艺术魅力。
D.生活大事记
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1862.9.11 出生 3岁，母亲去世 15岁，药房当学徒 1882年，在Texas一牧场作牛仔两年 1887年， 与Athol结婚并生一女孩 1894年，创办 the rolling stone周报 1896年，躲避受审，逃亡洪都拉斯 1897年，因回家探视病危的妻子被捕入狱，被判处5年徒刑。 1901年，因“行为良好”提前获释，来到纽约专事写作。 1907年，欧· 亨利再婚。 • 1910年６月３日，他病倒了。两天后，即６月５日，与世长辞， 死于肝硬化，年仅48岁。
• As a child, Porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels（无 价值小说）, his favorite work was One Thousand and One Nights（一千零一夜）.
• When he was 15 he became a pharmacy（药房） apprentice（学 徒）. • In 1882，he moved to Texas to improve his health as a herding（畜 牧） cattle person. • In 1887， he married Athol and his wife encouraged him to pursue his writing. • In 1891， he began working at the First National Bank of Austin as a teller .
• The heart of the west（西部之心）: describing the western grasslands and cowherd people live----描写西部草原生活 • Chinese cabbage and king（白菜与国王）: Central America ----中美洲 • Four million（四百万）: the city life, especially New York life----城市生活，特别是纽约生活
C.笔名来历
His pseudonym（笔名）： It is believed that Porter found his pen name while in jail, where one of the guards was named Orrin Henry. Other sources say that the name was derived from his calling “Oh Henry!” after the family cat, Henry. Guy Davenport wrote that the name was a condensation of “Ohio Penitentiary”（俄亥俄监狱）
2.Realistic：写实
欧· 亨利的小说具有很强的写实性。 此时正值美国内战后的“镀金时代”， 拜金主义盛行，其作品的矛盾冲突的中心 似乎都是贫与富。 欧· 亨利人物的思想相对来说却都比较 简单，动机也比较单一，通俗易懂，主人 公多为生活在底层的普通民众（clerks, policemen, waitresses），他的故事写的均是 世态人情，并且易有浓郁的美国风味。
• 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 281 short stories. He wrote a story a week for over a year for the New York World Sunday Magazine. • In 1907， he married Sara Lindsay Coleman, but the marriage was not happy, and they separated a year later. • O. Henry's last years were shadowed by alcoholism, ill health, and financial problems. He died of cirrhosis（肝硬化） of the liver on June 5, 1910, in New York.
• In 1894， he started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone（《滚石》） . When the weekly failed, he joined the Houston Post as a reporter and columnist. • In 1897， he was convicted of embezzling（挪用） money and sentenced to five years in prison. • In 1897， his wife died on July 25, from tuberculosis(肺结核）. • While in prison Porter started to write short stories to support his daughter Margaret. • Porter was released on July 24, 1901, for good behavior after serving three years.
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欧亨利的笔名是从何而来的呢？其实就来自于欧 亨利那段逃亡生涯当中一次很偶然的机会。 欧亨利逃亡到洪都拉斯的时候混得是相当差，于 是他又跑回了新奥尔良。没进监狱之前在这混迹了很 长时间，波特的文学生涯其实也是从这会儿开始的， 而他的笔名也是拜此所赠。 新奥尔良当时有一家人人皆知的酒吧，大家都把 它叫做烟厂酒吧，酒吧老板叫做亨利。 一天，波特和两个记者在酒吧里一边聊一边吃 东西，聊到兴头的时候，波特转身跟老板喊：噢，亨 利！再照样来一份。几个人在这等着菜，波特从口袋 里掏出一篇写好的稿子说，弟兄们，我不想署上自己 的名字，我可是一个通缉犯，我用什么名字才好呢？ 一个记者听到了，马上灵机一动对他说：何不 干脆就署上噢亨利呢？！这就是欧亨利的来历，你不 是天天在这喝酒吗，把这个名字挂在嘴上。 于是他就拿起了面前的稿子，在上面签上了欧亨 利的笔名。
B.入狱风波
1891年，欧· 亨利在First National Bank of Austin 做一名职员，正当他的生活颇为安定之时， 却发生了一件改变他命运的事情。1896年，奥斯 汀银行指控他在任职期间盗用资金。他为了躲避 受审，逃往洪都拉斯。1897年，后因回家探视病 危的妻子被捕入狱，判处5年徒刑。在狱中曾担任 药剂师，他在银行工作时，曾有过写作的经历， 担任监狱医务室的药剂师后开始认真写作。他开 始以欧· 亨利为笔名写作短篇小说，于《麦克吕尔》 杂志发表。