sfoundguiltyofembezzlement(挪用)chargesandsentencedtofiveyearsinanOhioprison.--Afterdoingthreeyearsofthefiveyearssentence,Porteremergedfromtheprisonin1901andchangedhisnametoO.Henry.--HemovedtoNewYorkCity,whereoverthenexttenyearsbeforehisdeathin1910,laimasAmericanfavoriteshortstorywriter.--HediedonJune5,1910inNewYorkCityattheageoffortyseven.Ⅲ.MajorWorksandWritingStyleO.Henry'sstoriesarefamousfortheirsurpriseendings,tothepointthatsuchanendingisoftenreferredtoasan"O.Henryending."HewascalledtheAmericananswertoGuydeMaupassant.Bothauthorswrotetwistendings,butO.Henrystoriesweremuchmoreplayful.Hisstoriesarealsowellknownforwittynarration.MostofO.Henry'sstoriesaresetinhisowntime,theearlyyearsofthe20thcentury.ManytakeplaceinNewYorkCityanddealforthemostpartwithordinarypeople:clerks,policemen,waitresses.
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