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Do you know writers? Agatha Christie Mark Twain Charles Dickens William Shakespeare Lewis Carroll Arthur Conan Doyle wrote detective stories and plays wrote detective stories wrote poems and plays wrote novels and stories wrote fairy tales wrote adventure stories

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A1 Dave decided on his career at an early age 1)True 2)False 3)Not stated A2 Dave writes in different genres 1)True 2) False 3) Not stated A3 Dave thinks every page of a crime novel should be thrilling 1)True 2) False 3) Not stated A4 He likes watching detective films on TV 1)True 2) False 3) Not stated

Do you have a favourite writer? Read some facts about a famous American writer OHenry. Make his fact file. Name Place of birth The time he lived Some facts from his life The books he wrote

Ohenry O'Henry is a famous American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings of the stories. He wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City.

William Sidney Porter (O'Henry) was born in 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. His father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was a physician. When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his grandmother and aunt. William was a curious reader, but at the age of fifteen he left the school, and then worked in a drug store and on a Texas ranch. He continued to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, he married.

Family OHenrys wife Athol Estes and their daughter Margaret

In 1884 Porter started a humorous weekly "The Rolling Stone". When the weekly failed, he joined the "Houston Post" as a reporter. Then his wife died. In 1897 he was convicted of embezzling bank fund and got to prison. While in prison O'Henry started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret.

His first work, "Whistling Dicks Christmas Stocking" (1899), appeared in "McClures Magazine" The stories of adventure in the U. S. Southwest and in Central America gained an immediately success among readers. After doing three years, Porter emerged from the prison in 1901 and changed his name to O'Henry.

O'Henry moved to New York City in 1902 and from December 1903 to January 1906 he wrote a story a week for the New York "World", also publishing in other magazines. O'Henry's first collection, "Cabbages and Kings" appeared in 1904.

The second, "The Four Million" was published two years later and included his well-known stories "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Furnished Room." "The Trimmed Lamp" (1907) explored the lives of New Yorkers and included "The Last Leaf". "Heart of the West" (1907) presented tales of the Texas range.

O'Henry published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his life time. O'Henrys last years were not successful, he was ill and had financial problems. He married in 1907 Sara Lindsay Coleman, but the marriage was not happy, and they separated a year later. O'Henry died on June 5, 1910, in New York.

The grave on the cemetery Riverside in Ashville, North Carolina

A monument in Greensboro

Museum in austin, texas

Fact file Name Place of birth The time he lived Some facts from his life The books he wrote William Sidney Porter (O'Henry) Greensboro, North Carolina, USA 1862 – 1910 he was raised by his grandmother, started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone, started to write short stories in prison, published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his life time

Selected works: CABBAGES AND KINGS, 1904 THE FOUR MILLION, 1906 THE TRIMMED LAMP, 1907 HEART OF THE WEST, 1907 THE VOICE OF THE CITY, 1908 THE GENTLE GRAFTER, 1908 ROADS OF DESTINY, 1909 OPTIONS, 1909 STRICTLY BUSINESS, 1910 WHIRLIGIGS, 1910 SIXES AND SEVENS, 1911 ROLLING STONES, 1912 WAIFS AND STRAYS, 1917 O. HENRYANA, 1920 LETTERS TO LITHOPOLIS, FROM O.HENRY TO MABEL WAGNALLS, 1922 POSTSCRIPTS, 1923 THE COMPLETE WORK OF O. HENRY, 1937 O. HENRY ENCORE, 1939 O. HENRY'S NEW YORK, 1940 COMPLETE WORKS OF O HENRY, 1953 (2 vols.) FOUR MILLION & OTHER STORIES, 1976 COLLECTED STORIES OF O. HENRY, 1986 THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF O. HENRY, 1994

Tell about your favourite writer Home Work Ex. 103 p. 83

Презентация подготовлена учителем английского языка МБОУ СОШ 2 г. Липецка Т.М. Шелоуховой