Short Stories. Stories. In English. O.Henry

The collection includes the stories of William Sidney Porter (1862–1910), known to readers as O. Henry.

Until the style and features of the language of the American classic, master of humor and irony, who knew how to notice the comic in people and in their behavior, are still of interest.

stylistic and linguistic means used by O. Henry, extremely diverse. The writer introduces neologisms, Latin, French, Spanish phrases, slang words, local dialects. Its heroes can both climb into the sky -high heights, and sink to the very bottom, and then the incorrect use of grammatical forms clearly characterizes the characters themselves. Sometimes, for a comic effect, the author puts thoughts into words that would more suit university professors in the mouth of tramps. We are often talking about frauds of various kinds, so there are many fictional words in the stories.