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A good fit for
- 已经读过《麦琪的礼物》《最后一片叶子》等名篇，想继续深入欧·亨利的读者。
- 喜欢短篇、偏好反转结局与幽默笔调的普通文学读者。
- 有中等以上英语阅读能力、想通过原著感受20世纪初美国口语的学习者。
- 需要短小篇目做课堂精读或读书会讨论材料的教师与学生。
Not a good fit for
- 期待长篇结构、完整人物成长线的读者，这本书是16篇独立短篇。
- 英语刚入门者：原文俚语与时代背景较多，读起来可能吃力。
- 对20世纪初美国社会中的种族、性别刻板表达较为敏感的读者。
Reading tips
- 不必按顺序读，可先挑《The Third Ingredient》《Buried Treasure》《No Story》等常见被选入选集的名篇入手。
- 每篇读完后回头看一下开头的细节铺垫，欧·亨利的结尾反转往往藏在前文的某一个动作或道具里。
- 读英文原著时，遇到时代俚语先根据上下文猜意思，再查证，比逐字查词典更能保留阅读节奏。
- 若想系统了解欧·亨利，可把本书与《The Four Million》《The Voice of the City》按出版年顺序对照阅读。
About the publisher
Doubleday, Page & Company is a publisher whose output centers on literature, essays and miscellaneous writings; public information is limited, and the press's founding background is not recorded in detail in our database. Judging from the seven titles held, the company focused on foreign literature, biography and general biographical works, with authors including Karel Čapek, David Grayson, O. Henry, Robert E. Lee Jr. and Frank Norris. Representative titles include Letters from England, The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment, Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, Options, Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee, and The Pit: A Story of Chicago. These works span travel essays, rural sketches, urban short stories, reflections on life's choices and personal memoirs, with styles leaning toward narrative prose and realistic fiction, reflecting the press's emphasis on literary reading and biographical writing.
Contents
- The Rose of Dixie
- The Third Ingredient
- The Hiding of Black Bill
- Schools and Schools
- Thimble, Thimble
- Supply and Demand
- Buried Treasure
- To Him Who Waits
- He Also Serves
- The Moment of Victory
- The Head-hunter
- No Story
- The Higher Pragmatism
- Best-seller
- Rus in Urbe
- A Poor Rule
FAQ
《Options》和中文译名《选择》是同一本书吗？
这本书收录了多少篇短篇小说？
没有中文译本，读原版难吗？
这本书适合英语学习者当作教材吗？
《Options》是欧·亨利最有名的作品集吗？
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About the author
O. Henry was an American short-story writer, born William Sydney Porter. Public information is limited, and details of his birth and death dates and nationality are not clearly recorded in the database. He is known for short stories about everyday life in New York City, whose characters are mostly ordinary citizens, clerks, and marginalized people. The database includes two of his works, Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million and Options, both belonging to the "Four Million" series and focusing on the joys and sorrows of ordinary people in the big city. His style is marked by clever twist endings and a humorous yet slightly sentimental tone; his language is concise and vivid, and he excels at creating dramatic tension in a short space. This "O. Henry ending" has had a broad influence on later short-story writing, and he is regarded as one of the representative writers of the short story in foreign literature.
