This document provides a summary of the short story "The Romance of a Busy Broker" by O. Henry. It includes an overview of the author, the main characters of Harvey Maxwell, Pitcher, and Miss Leslie. Character sketches are given for each, describing Maxwell as impatient and workaholic, Pitcher as confidential and patient, and Leslie as patient and professional. The story summary explains that Maxwell instructs Pitcher to hire a new stenographer but ends up proposing to his existing stenographer Leslie, forgetting they had just married the previous day.

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NAME: IYER MAITRI
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2. TOPIC : THE ROMANCE OF
A
BUSY BROKER

3. CONTENTS :
•ABOUT THE AUTHOR
•CHARACTERS
•CHARACTER SKETCH
•STORY DESCRIPTION
•CONCLUSION

4. ABOUT THE
AUTHOR• Real name: William
Sydney porter
• Pen name: O. Henry
• Born: 1862
• Died: 1910
• Nationality: American
• Written about 600 short
stories.

5. Characters
• HarveyMaxwell:ABroker
• Pitcher: APersonalClerkinthe
officeofMaxwell
• MissLeslie:Maxwell’sSecretary

6. CHARACTER
SKETCH

7.  Impatient
 Expressionless
 Hardworking
 Workaholic

8.  Confidential clerk
 Observer
 Patient

9.  Patient
 Professional
 Beautiful

10. STORY
• Harvey Maxwell ,a busy and efficient broker had
instructed Pitcher , his confidential clerk ,to engage
another stenographer.
• When an interviewee was introduced to Maxwell , he
became angry with Pitcher. He forgot that he wanted
to appoint a new stenographer.

11. • He said that Ms. Leslie had given perfect satisfaction
and she could continue as long as she wished to.
• As he forgot that he had married Leslie, he put a
proposal to marry her.
• She reminded him that they were married the
previous day in the little church.

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