Want to curl up next to the fire with a good Christmas book? " The Gift of the Magi " is a short story, written by O. Henry and published in 1905. The heartwarming story tells the tale of a young husband and wife who struggle with buying secret Christmas gifts for one other with very little money. This sentimental story contains a moral lesson about gift-giving. The plot twist and ironic conclusion reminds the couple that their love is priceless, no matter the season. The priceless gifts of love in this story mirror the ...
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Want to curl up next to the fire with a good Christmas book? " The Gift of the Magi " is a short story, written by O. Henry and published in 1905. The heartwarming story tells the tale of a young husband and wife who struggle with buying secret Christmas gifts for one other with very little money. This sentimental story contains a moral lesson about gift-giving. The plot twist and ironic conclusion reminds the couple that their love is priceless, no matter the season. The priceless gifts of love in this story mirror the biblical gifts from the Magi, or the wisemen, that represent the true reason for the season of Christmas. This beautiful reprint of the original story is unedited and unabridged, preserving the original novella for your reading pleasure. It makes a wonderful gift for book lovers or a perfect stocking stuffer for Christmas. Enjoy! Excerpt: "She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out. It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation-as all good things should do. It was even worthy of The Watch. As soon as she saw it she knew that it must be Jim's. It was like him. Quietness and value-the description applied to both. Twenty-one dollars they took from her for it, and she hurried home with the 87 cents." Features: Original 1905 Text Classic Christmas Short Story Dimensions: 5x8 inches Matte Cover
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