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世界文学名著（英文版）欧亨利的小说通俗易懂，其中无论发生了什么，发生在何处，也无论主人公是何等人物，他的故事写的都是世态人情，并且易有浓郁的美国风味。欧亨利的小说在艺术处理上的特点就在于精彩的“欧亨利式结尾”。情节的发展似乎明明朝着一个方向在发展，结果却永远出于意外。

【内容简介】《欧亨利短篇小说精选》是美国作家欧亨利的短篇小说精选著作集，收录了欧亨利所有代表名篇，如《爱的牺牲》《警察与赞美诗》《带家具出租的房间》《麦琪的礼物》《*后一片叶子》等。他的短篇小说构思精巧，风格独特，以表现美国中下层人民的生活、语言幽默、结局出人意料（即“欧亨利式结尾”）而闻名于世。

【作者简介】

欧亨利　

　（O. Henry，1862～1910），原名威廉西德尼波特，美国著名批判现实主义作家，世界三大短篇小说大师之一。曾被评论界誉为曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父。他善于描写美国社会尤其是纽约百姓的生活。他的作品构思新颖，语言诙谐，结局常常出人意外被称为“欧亨利式结尾”；他描写的人物各异，富于生活情趣，被誉为“美国生活的幽默百科全书”。欧亨利的代表作品有：《麦琪的礼物》《后一片叶子》《警察与赞美诗》《带家具出租的房屋》等。

【部分内容赏析】

　　ONE DOLLAR AND EIGHTY SEVEN CENTS．That was all．And sixty cents of it　　

was in pennies．Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and

　　the vegetable man and the butcher until ones cheek burned with the silent imputarion of parsimony that such close dealing implied．Three times Della counted it．One dollar and eighty seven cents．And the next day would be Christmas．

　　There was clearly nothing left to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl．So Della did it．Which instigates the motal reflection that life is made up of sobs，sniffles．and smiles，with sniffles predominating．

　　While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second．take a look at the home．A furnished flat at $8 per week．It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word On the look Out for the mendicancy squad．

　　In the vestibule below was a letter box into which no letter Would go，and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring．Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name“ Mr．James Dilhngham Young．”　　……