false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168281095m/31626.jpg 31626 10 Born William Sidney Porter in 1862, O. Henry first lived a checkered life as a cowhand, bank teller, reporter, embezzler, and convict. Then, in a last-minute reversal worthy of one of his own stories, he turned to fiction, and became a celebrated author of ironic miniatures. "The Gift of the Magi" is perhaps his most famous creation. And while this exploration of love and gift-giving doesn't exactly plumb the depths of human behavior, it does leave us with the final picture of Jim (sans watch) and Della (sans hair, or most of it), which has induced even the crankiest readers to shed a tear since it first appeared in 1906. Get out your handkerchiefs! 4044409 1988 The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) total:361|5:130|4:155|3:64|2:11|1:1| 361 1485 456 27 31626 0486270610 9780486270616 330 23 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168281095m/31626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31626.The_Gift_of_the_Magi_and_Other_Short_Stories 3 0 false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 06:26:20 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 06:01:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 31626 0486270610 9780486270616 330 23 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168281095m/31626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31626.The_Gift_of_the_Magi_and_Other_Short_Stories 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Sep 08 10:43:47 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 10:51:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 177461 0439545110 9780439545112 20 2 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172448925m/177461.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/177461.The_Gift_Of_The_Magi_And_Other_Stories 5 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 13 17:05:11 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 17:13:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 31626 0486270610 9780486270616 330 23 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168281095m/31626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31626.The_Gift_of_the_Magi_and_Other_Short_Stories 4 0 false Tue Dec 02 11:55:17 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 11:56:44 -0800 2008 31626 0486270610 9780486270616 330 23 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168281095m/31626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31626.The_Gift_of_the_Magi_and_Other_Short_Stories 4 0 false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 00:19:59 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 00:22:14 -0700 2009 1 672182 0590763725 9780590763721 3 1 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248919371m/672182.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/672182.The_Gift_of_the_Magi_and_Other_Stories 4 0 false Tue Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 22:03:32 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 22:04:44 -0800 2009 31626 0486270610 9780486270616 330 23 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168281095m/31626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31626.The_Gift_of_the_Magi_and_Other_Short_Stories 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri May 22 12:41:01 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 12:41:01 -0700 2009 1 review.]]> 31626 0486270610 9780486270616 330 23 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168281095m/31626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31626.The_Gift_of_the_Magi_and_Other_Short_Stories 5 0 false Sun Jan 18 15:10:28 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 15:12:05 -0800 2009 31626 0486270610 9780486270616 330 23 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168281095m/31626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31626.The_Gift_of_the_Magi_and_Other_Short_Stories 4 0 false Wed Oct 28 01:00:34 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 01:00:49 -0700 2009 31626 0486270610 9780486270616 330 23 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168281095m/31626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31626.The_Gift_of_the_Magi_and_Other_Short_Stories 2 0 false Mon Sep 08 06:49:13 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 06:53:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 31626 0486270610 9780486270616 330 23 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168281095m/31626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31626.The_Gift_of_the_Magi_and_Other_Short_Stories 5 0 false Wed Feb 13 08:52:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 08:21:39 -0800 2008
I love to keep one of O'Henry's books next to my bed. I am usually reading something else, but when I am tired of that, or need a break, I read an O'Henry story. Not all of them are as good as this one, but many of them come close.

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