O.Henry One thouasand dollars
O. Henry “One thousand dollars”
O. Henry is a pseudonym of William Sydney Porter. He was an American writer. Porter was a master of surprise endings, whose narratives were typically set in Texas or New York City. O. Henry combined humor and pathos with an ironic twist of plot. The public loved his entertaining tales and uncomplicated characters.
At the age of 12, O. Henry came to Texas where he worked on a sheep ranch. There the writer gained knowledge for ranch life that he later described in many of his short stories.
He founded the Rolling Stone an unsuccessful humor weekly. Starting in 1895 he wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post. He published over 300 stories and gained worldwide acclaim as America’s favorite short story writer. His first work “Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking” (1899) appeared in Mc. Clure’s Magazine. The stories of adventure in the U.S. Southwest and in Central America gained a success among readers. In 1907 O. Henry published many of his Texas stories in “The heart of the West” a volume that includes “The reformation of Calliope”, “The Caballero’s way” and “The hiding of Black Bill”. His collections “Cabbages and kings” (1904), “The four million” (1906) made him famous.
His famous stories are: “The gift of the Magi”, “The cop and the anthem”, “The ransom of Red Chief”, “A retrieved reformation” and others.
Most of O. Henry’s stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, and waitresses. The summary of the story “One thousand dollars” is as follows. The lawyer gives young Gillian a one thousand dollar inheritance and explains the conditions of his uncle’s will. The young man must spend the money and bring receipts of his purchases to the lawyer’s office. He is puzzled with his uncle’s will and doesn’t know what to do with the money. Gillian got the idea after asking a few people about how to use the money. Then he tells Miss Hayden that the uncle
O. Henry is a pseudonym of William Sydney Porter. He was an American writer. Porter was a master of surprise endings, whose narratives were typically set in Texas or New York City. O. Henry combined humor and pathos with an ironic twist of plot. The public loved his entertaining tales and uncomplicated characters.
At the age of 12, O. Henry came to Texas where he worked on a sheep ranch. There the writer gained knowledge for ranch life that he later described in many of his short stories.
He founded the Rolling Stone an unsuccessful humor weekly. Starting in 1895 he wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post. He published over 300 stories and gained worldwide acclaim as America’s favorite short story writer. His first work “Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking” (1899) appeared in Mc. Clure’s Magazine. The stories of adventure in the U.S. Southwest and in Central America gained a success among readers. In 1907 O. Henry published many of his Texas stories in “The heart of the West” a volume that includes “The reformation of Calliope”, “The Caballero’s way” and “The hiding of Black Bill”. His collections “Cabbages and kings” (1904), “The four million” (1906) made him famous.
His famous stories are: “The gift of the Magi”, “The cop and the anthem”, “The ransom of Red Chief”, “A retrieved reformation” and others.
Most of O. Henry’s stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, and waitresses. The summary of the story “One thousand dollars” is as follows. The lawyer gives young Gillian a one thousand dollar inheritance and explains the conditions of his uncle’s will. The young man must spend the money and bring receipts of his purchases to the lawyer’s office. He is puzzled with his uncle’s will and doesn’t know what to do with the money. Gillian got the idea after asking a few people about how to use the money. Then he tells Miss Hayden that the uncle