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"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.
Note William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry, was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1862. Having survived both critical acclaim and vilification, he remains one of the most popular and entertaining short story ...
Traces the life of the short story writer, describing his early years, his prison sentence, his writing success, and his untimely death
"In the early twentieth century, William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry, captured the fancy and touched the hearts of newspaper and magazine writers throughout the United States. Interpreted...
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of O. Henry’s The Voice of the City is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
O. Henry Biography
Jimmy had been "'most generally a cow-puncher," he said; he was inexperienced in ranger methods of warfare. ... And then—bringing joy to the rusting guardians of the frontier—Sebastiano Saldar, an eminent Mexican desperado and ...
Selected Stories of O. Henry
Several of the funniest and best stories by O. Henry appear in this book, which is made up of about twenty-five of his inimitable tales of Western life and types which have appeared at intervals in the magazines.
An omnibus volume containing 286 stories and poems.