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The Gift of the Magi. " The Gift of the Magi " is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for ...
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- McClure, Phillips, and Company
- December 10, 1905 (newspaper); April 10, 1906 (book)
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T h e G i f t o f t h e M a g i p The Gift of the Magi O. NE DOLLAR AND EIGHTY-SEVEN CENTS. That was all. She had put it aside, one cent and then another and then . another, in her careful buying of meat and other food. Della counted it three times. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be. Christmas.
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Short Story: “The Gift of the Magi” Author: O. Henry (William Sidney Porter), 1862–1910 First published: 1905. The original story is in the public domain in the United States and in most, if not all, other countries as well.
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The classic short story The Gift of the Magi is the most famous of O. Henry's stories, but the stories that follow in this collection give the reader a deeper and richer sample of O. Henry's storytelling. This collection of short stories gives the reader a wonderful selection of characters from the United States of 100 years ago. Author: O. Henry.
The story begins just before Christmas with a small sum of money: $1.87 to be exact, 60 cents of which was in pennies. For the writer O. Henry, the pittance was enough to launch his most famous ...
Dec 25, 2021 · Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling—something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim. There was a pier glass between the windows of the room.
The Gift of the Magi Story. Illustrated By: Jacob Below. Della and Jim were married just a year. They had very little money and their place was poor. But what they lacked in fancy things, they made up for with love. The very next day was Christmas. All the money Della had to buy a gift for her dear husband was $1.87.
