Selected Short Stories of O. Henry - New Curriculum Reading Series for Chinese Language

Author: O. Henry (USA)
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: "Reading a million books makes writing as effortless as having a divine touch," we believe that through reading this series of authoritative, well-curated, and practical books, it will not only help primary and secondary school students with their in-class and extracurricular learning and exams but also enhance their scientific and humanities literacy, laying a solid foundation for the comprehensive improvement of their Chinese literacy and lifelong development. O. Henry's short stories can basically be divided into two categories. One category depicts life in the American West, such as A Visit to Plessy's. O. Henry was deeply fond of life in the American West and its people. He believed that the people of the Western prairies were upright, brave, and had pure emotions, with lives full of vitality, making them captivating. The other category depicts life in American big cities, and this type of work is more numerous and better written, generally considered more important. O. Henry's short stories mercilessly expose the social evils of a money-dominated society, broadly reflect the misfortunes of people from the lower strata of society, and praise the beauty of humanity as demonstrated by ordinary people, embodying the distinct characteristics of late 19th-century American realist literature.