New Yorkers.

I have read "New Yorkers". This book is about short stories,that happens in New York,in the twenty century. The characters are very ordinary people, a housewife,a tramp,a lawyer ,a waitress and an actress. Some are rich,some are poor,some are happy,some are sad,some are looking for love and some have found it. But all of them have difficulties for different reasons. What the author tries is to show that with the ages the people do not change. They speak,laugh and cry of the same things. Change the buildings,the weather,the clothes etc. The author: William Sydney Porter (O. Henry). He was born in the north of Carolina,U.S.A, in 1862. When he get married,at 1887,he began writing short stories. He´s famous because his story "The gift of the magi". Many people things that Della,the principal character,is based on his wife Athol. He went to the prision in 1896 because the people said he stole money from a bank. During this time he published many short stories,using the name "O.Henry".