The Gift of the Magi/The Last Leaf

Name: The Gift of the Magi/The Last Leaf
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: O. Henry
ISBN: 9781937091378

Author: O. Henry

Narrator: B.J. Harrison

Unabridged: 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: B.J. Harrison

Published: 12/23/2008

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories, Classic

Synopsis

A poor young couple demonstrates the meaning of love and self-sacrifice in the Christmas Classic, "The Gift of the Magi". Also included is "The Last Leaf". This tale follows a young woman artist who is stricken with pneumonia. She watches the leafy vine opposite her window with hollow eyes, and she determines to stay alive until the last leaf falls. O. Henry, always a master with the surprise ending, delivers two fine tales of his beloved New York City.

About O. Henry

O. Henry, the pseudonym of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), was a prolific American short story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance, is typical of his stories. During his lifetime, O. Henry published over six hundred stories and ten collections, including Cabbages and Kings, The Four Million, The Trimmed Lamp, Whirligigs, and The Heart of the West.

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