O. Henry: (William Sidney Porter)Martin and Hoyt Company, 1921 - 1 pagine |
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Pagina 10
... human nature , the essential traits of the human heart , are precisely those that gave O. Henry both theme and arena . O. Henry entered Europe via the French trenches because the French trenches spelled the common denominator of human ...
... human nature , the essential traits of the human heart , are precisely those that gave O. Henry both theme and arena . O. Henry entered Europe via the French trenches because the French trenches spelled the common denominator of human ...
Pagina 12
... human life , a delver into its mysteries , an appraiser of its con- flicts , a noble exemplar of its hidden but unconquerable reserves . Out of these five years was wrought the philosophy that makes The World and the Door a permanent ...
... human life , a delver into its mysteries , an appraiser of its con- flicts , a noble exemplar of its hidden but unconquerable reserves . Out of these five years was wrought the philosophy that makes The World and the Door a permanent ...
Pagina 16
... human and lovable , Aunt Ellen , who is gentle and sentimental and spiritual , or Anthony Rock- wall , the retired manufacturer and proprietor of Rockwall's Eureka Soap , who " bets his money on money every time . " Read the story and ...
... human and lovable , Aunt Ellen , who is gentle and sentimental and spiritual , or Anthony Rock- wall , the retired manufacturer and proprietor of Rockwall's Eureka Soap , who " bets his money on money every time . " Read the story and ...
Pagina 16
... human in O. Henry . If they do not speak , they have life , character , temperament . Stories are commonly divided into three parts , background or setting , character or characters , plot or plan ; and the first is thought of as the ...
... human in O. Henry . If they do not speak , they have life , character , temperament . Stories are commonly divided into three parts , background or setting , character or characters , plot or plan ; and the first is thought of as the ...
Pagina 16
... human nature to unravel , an obscure motive to illumine , a daring reach of imaginative sympathy to achieve , and the story partakes of the nature of a modern parable . Surprise , therefore , is hardly the right word to ex- press the ...
... human nature to unravel , an obscure motive to illumine , a daring reach of imaginative sympathy to achieve , and the story partakes of the nature of a modern parable . Surprise , therefore , is hardly the right word to ex- press the ...
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