歐·亨利是美國(guó)著名的短篇小說(shuō)家之一。他的作品構(gòu)思新穎。語(yǔ)言詼諧,富于生活情趣,結(jié)局常常出人意外,善于描寫美國(guó)社會(huì)尤其是紐約百姓的生活,堪稱“美國(guó)生活的幽默百科全書(shū)”。
他的作品以真實(shí)準(zhǔn)確的細(xì)節(jié)描寫、生動(dòng)簡(jiǎn)潔的語(yǔ)言,使一系列栩栩如生的藝術(shù)形象展現(xiàn)在讀者面前,也使他在世界短篇小說(shuō)史上占有重要位置,有人將他比做“美國(guó)的莫泊桑”,也被評(píng)論界譽(yù)為曼哈頓桂冠散文作家和美國(guó)現(xiàn)代短篇小說(shuō)之父。
《歐·亨利短篇小說(shuō)精選(英文版)》選錄了歐·亨利優(yōu)秀的多篇短篇小說(shuō)代表作,其中有些已成為世界短篇小說(shuō)史上的經(jīng)典名篇。這些作品膾灸人口,經(jīng)久不衰。
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出人意料的結(jié)果讓你忍俊不禁、笑中帶淚
1. The Gift of the Magi
2. Fox-in-the-M oming
3. A Blackjack Bargainer
4. A Cosmopolite in a Cafe
5. A Newspaper Story
6. After Twenty Years
7. A Technical Error
8. He Also Serves
9. Girl
10. Hearts and Hands
11. A Service of Love
12. Mammon and the Archer
13. Memoirs of a Yellow Dog
14. One Dollar's Worth
15. One Thousand Dollars
16. Roads of Destiny
17. Shoes
18. The Cop and the Anthem
19. Seats of the Haughty
20. The Count and the Wedding Guest
21. The Detective Detector
22. The Furnished Room
23. The Last Leaf
24. The Lotus and the Bottle
25. The Making of a New Yorker
26. The Marry Month of May
27. The Pendulum
28. The Green Door
29. The Romance of a Busy Broker
30. The Trimmed Lamp
31. The Skylight Room
32. The Whirligig of Life
33. To Him Who Waits
34. Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
35. Witches' Loaves
36. The Princess and the Puma
37. The Cactus
38. An Unfinished Story
39. An Adjustment of Nature
40. Springtime a La Carte
41. The Passing of Black Eagle
42. Buried Treasure
43. Confessions of a Humorist
44. The Pimienta Pancakes
45. A Midsummer Knight's Dream
Raggles landed from a ferry-boat one morning and walked intothe core of the town with the blas6~ air of a cosmopolite. He wasdressed with care to play the role of an "unidentified man. " No coun-try, race, class, clique, union, party clan or bowling association couldhave claimed him. His clothing, which had been donated to himpiece-meal by citizens of different height, but same number of inchesaround the heart, was not yet as uncomfortable to his figure as thosespeciments of raiment, self-measured, that are railroaded to you bytranscontinental tailors with a suit case, suspenders.
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