O Henry’s The Gift of the Magi
Do you know the tale of The Gift of the Magi, the story turned a quiet century last year without much fanfare, but that is the nature of the story itself. O Henry wrote the story for the New York World in 1905. According to history, O Henry was notoriously late on submitting to his deadlines – it wasn’t until the artist came to him for the artwork that he even began thinking of the story he was doing. The story, itself, of course is famous for the two desperately poor sweethearts who want to buy each other gifts for … Continue reading