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    O Henry's Furnished Room

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    his love in a furnished room. He meets the owner of the furnished room that his love has rented recently. In the latter part of the story‚ the young man commits suicide in the same room where his love committed suicide‚ too. Moreover‚ the landlady tells to a friend that she knows the girl that the young man is looking for but she does not tell him because she is greatly taking care of her reputation and her business. She wants no one to know that someone committed suicide on her room because it won’t

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    The Furnished Room

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    The furnished room is the one representative story of O. Henry‚ a great American short story writer‚ whose writing style is usually and humorous. But in The furnished room ‚the author use the serious words ‚sharp irony and depressed atmosphere to make a sad story. The tragedy short story The Furnished Room is about a young man who commits suicide in a room he rents. He has searched for his sweetheart fruitlessly for five months‚ with a hope that he can find her in the house he lives. But for

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    flksfbtijskfjg dfkg elfg fog spo gpofeljrgs goe psfkg r gperkg sifgwrkns gpownrgjw rljwkrlms lk This is perhaps the bleakest of O. Henry’s best-known stories. Although the basic ironic plot can be summarized in a sentence—a young man commits suicide in the same room where a young woman for whom he has vainly searched killed herself—it is the musty atmosphere of the room and the suggestion that every place bears the traces of the lives that have inhabited it that makes the story so compelling. It

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    Furnished Room Analysis

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    popular book or short story‚ like “The Furnished Room” by O. Henry‚ it is important to understand what they mean and how they affect that story. Literary devices such as imagery‚ irony‚ and foreshadowing playing roles in the makeup of O. Henry’s “The Furnished Room” lead to a better story. Which in turn engages the readers and adds a depth that stories‚ who do not use literary devices‚ cannot do. Going in-depth into what these devices mean for “The Furnished Room” and how they tie in with the theme

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    O Henry

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    O. Henry 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 clever twist endings. Biography Early life William Sidney Porter was born on September 11‚ 1862‚ in Greensboro‚ North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825–88)‚ a physician‚ and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim

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    O Henry

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    Edgar Allen Poe‚ William Sydney Porter (known as O Henry) is the most read author in the world and bears the title of « master of the short story ». He has been called many things. Some people have called him the twentieth-century Balzak. Some have called him the American Maupassant because of his so well made surprising endings. The short story is the one fundamental and self-contained genre in American prose fiction‚ and the stories of O. Henry certainly made their appearance in consequence of

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    O. Henry Unpredictability is a coveted aspect in any author’s work. No matter how action-packed or descriptive a writer is‚ without a touch of surprise‚ his work is useless. This was no problem for O. Henry. The famous short story author’s intimate relationship with erratic plot twists came from the roller coaster of a life he led. His twist endings combined in his stories with clever‚ lighthearted irony that brought humor to otherwise not as humorous topics. This sense of humor was ever constant

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    O Henry

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    The stylistic analysis of the text “The last leaf” by O.Henry. I would like to tell you a story “The last leaf” written by O. Henry. 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 clever twist endings. None of his stories can leave the reader cold blooded. All the stories have deep sense‚ make you debate a matter in your mind and have a lot of

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    1. The Gift of the Magi 2. The Cop and the Anthem 3. The Making of a New Yorker 4. The Last Leaf 5. The Poet and the Peasant 6. Holding up a Train 7. Law and Order 8. One Thousand Dollars 9. Girl 10. The Dream 11. The Making of a New Yorker Besides many other things‚ Raggles was a poet. He was called a tramp; but that was only an elliptical way of saying that he was a philosopher‚ an artist‚ a traveller‚ a naturalist and a discoverer. But most of all he was a poet. In all

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    Biography of O Henry

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    BIOGRAPHY OF O. HENRY O. Henry is one of the most famous American short story writers. O. Henry’s real name was William Sydney Porter and he was born in Greensboro‚ North Carolina on September 11‚ 1862. At age of 20 (1882) he moved to Texas‚ where he had various jobs. He married Athol Estes in 1887; they had a son and a daughter. His wife died from tuberculosis in 1897. In 1894 while working for First National Bank in Austin‚ Porter was accused of stealing $4000. He went to prison in Columbus

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