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О. Генри. Малое собрание сочинений
Знаменитый американский писатель О.Генри (Уильям Сидни Портер) - автор популярных коротких рассказов, мастер оригинальных поворотов сюжета, колоритных диалогов и ошеломляющих развязок. Творческое наследие писателя составляют десять сборников, или свыше шестисот новелл, представляющих собой нечто вроде юмористической энциклопедии американской жизни начала ХХ века. Впрочем, зарисовки О.Генри как нельзя лучше отвечают и тому, что мы наблюдаем в современной жизни. Многие фразы из его новелл давно стали крылатыми - например, "Боливар не вынесет двоих" или "за десять минут успеем добежать до канадской границы".
Необыкновенно занимательные и остроумные, рассказы О.Генри по-прежнему живая классика...
Необыкновенно занимательные и остроумные, рассказы О.Генри по-прежнему живая классика...
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944 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
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O. Henry
2,925 books1,877 followersSuch volumes as
Cabbages and Kings
(1904) and
The Four Million
(1906) collect short stories, noted for their often surprising endings, of American writer William Sydney Porter, who used the pen name O. Henry.
His biography shows where he found inspiration for his characters. His era produced their voices and his language.
Mother of three-year-old Porter died from tuberculosis. He left school at fifteen years of age and worked for five years in drugstore of his uncle and then for two years at a Texas sheep ranch.
In 1884, he went to Austin, where he worked in a real estate office and a church choir and spent four years as a draftsman in the general land office. His wife and firstborn died, but daughter Margaret survived him.
He failed to establish a small humorous weekly and afterward worked in poorly-run bank. When its accounts balanced not, people blamed and fired him.
In Houston, he worked for a few years until, ordered to stand trial for embezzlement, he fled to New Orleans and thence Honduras.
Two years later, he returned on account of illness of his wife. Apprehended, Porter served a few months more than three years in a penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. During his incarceration, he composed ten short stories, including A Blackjack Bargainer , The Enchanted Kiss , and The Duplicity of Hargraves .
In 1899, McClure's published Whistling Dick's Christmas Story and Georgia's Ruling .
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he sent manuscripts to New York editors. In the spring of 1902, Ainslee's Magazine offered him a regular income if he moved to New York.
In less than eight years, he became a bestselling author of collections of short stories. Cabbages and Kings came first in 1904 The Four Million, and The Trimmed Lamp and Heart of the West followed in 1907, and The Voice of the City in 1908, Roads of Destiny and Options in 1909, Strictly Business and Whirligigs in 1910 followed.
Posthumously published collections include The Gentle Grafter about the swindler, Jeff Peters; Rolling Stones , Waifs and Strays , and in 1936, unsigned stories, followed.
People rewarded other persons financially more. A Retrieved Reformation about the safe-cracker Jimmy Valentine got $250; six years later, $500 for dramatic rights, which gave over $100,000 royalties for playwright Paul Armstrong. Many stories have been made into films.
His biography shows where he found inspiration for his characters. His era produced their voices and his language.
Mother of three-year-old Porter died from tuberculosis. He left school at fifteen years of age and worked for five years in drugstore of his uncle and then for two years at a Texas sheep ranch.
In 1884, he went to Austin, where he worked in a real estate office and a church choir and spent four years as a draftsman in the general land office. His wife and firstborn died, but daughter Margaret survived him.
He failed to establish a small humorous weekly and afterward worked in poorly-run bank. When its accounts balanced not, people blamed and fired him.
In Houston, he worked for a few years until, ordered to stand trial for embezzlement, he fled to New Orleans and thence Honduras.
Two years later, he returned on account of illness of his wife. Apprehended, Porter served a few months more than three years in a penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. During his incarceration, he composed ten short stories, including A Blackjack Bargainer , The Enchanted Kiss , and The Duplicity of Hargraves .
In 1899, McClure's published Whistling Dick's Christmas Story and Georgia's Ruling .
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he sent manuscripts to New York editors. In the spring of 1902, Ainslee's Magazine offered him a regular income if he moved to New York.
In less than eight years, he became a bestselling author of collections of short stories. Cabbages and Kings came first in 1904 The Four Million, and The Trimmed Lamp and Heart of the West followed in 1907, and The Voice of the City in 1908, Roads of Destiny and Options in 1909, Strictly Business and Whirligigs in 1910 followed.
Posthumously published collections include The Gentle Grafter about the swindler, Jeff Peters; Rolling Stones , Waifs and Strays , and in 1936, unsigned stories, followed.
People rewarded other persons financially more. A Retrieved Reformation about the safe-cracker Jimmy Valentine got $250; six years later, $500 for dramatic rights, which gave over $100,000 royalties for playwright Paul Armstrong. Many stories have been made into films.
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December 6, 2015
Истории на которых я росла. Порой забавные, порой печальные, но непременно трогательные и жизнеутверждающие, они формировали мое понимание простых жизненных истин. Никогда не забуду ни гребней, ни цепочки для часов, ни пурпурного платья, ни заказной пробки на дороге, ни картины с последним листом, ни того, что они олицетворяли. Вот пишу это и понимаю, что зря я 2 звезды стесняюсь присуждать, и слишком уж щедро 5 раздаю, как будто мне сравнивать не с чем.
May 25, 2017
Один из самых талантливых новеллистов, обожаю. Можно читать и перечитывать бесконечно, и каждый раз сердце будет замирать от удивительного языка повествования, трогательных историй, великолепного чувства юмора и потрясающих развязок. Поставила бы 100 из пяти баллов:)
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