英语翻译O.Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of sho
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O.Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories.His real name was William Sydney Porter.He was born in North Carolinain 1862.As a young boy he lived an exciting life.He did not goto school for very long,but he managed to teach himself everyrhing heneeded to know.When he was about 20 years old,O.Henry went to Texas,where he tried different jobs.He first worked on a newspaper,andthen had a job in a bank.When some money went missing from the bank,O.Henry was believed to have stolen it.Because of that,he was sentto prison.During the three years in prison,he learned to write shortstories.After he got out of prison,he went to New York and continuedwriting.He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poorthere.People liked his stories,because simple as the tales were,they would finish with a sudden change at the end,to the readers'surprise.