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O. Henry
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O. Henry
/ 蓹蕣 藞h蓻nr瑟 /
noun
- O. Henry18621910MUSWRITING: short-story writer pen name of William Sidney Porter. 1862鈥1910, US short-story writer. His collections of stories, characterized by his use of caricature and surprising endings, include Cabbages and Kings (1904) and The Four Million (1906)
Henry, O.
- A twentieth-century American author known for 鈥 The Gift of the Magi 鈥 and other short stories. He specialized in surprise endings. His real name was William Sydney Porter.
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Short story writers like O. Henry dazzled readers with their deft finales.
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I feel like 鈥淐hristmas Eve鈥 has a slight O. Henry, 鈥淕ift of the Magi鈥 element to it 鈥 another literary reference that hopefully the kids who watch 鈥淔rog and Toad鈥 will read someday.
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鈥淪he started me on Nancy Drew once we had the basics. Then she moved me on to O. Henry.鈥
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鈥淚t was like some O. Henry short story: We got what we wanted, a quote-unquote pro-life president and this was not what I wanted,鈥 she recalled earlier this year.
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Like O. Henry, Brown regularly employed surprise endings throughout his work.
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