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The Gifts That Must Wait in The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry separates the immediate usefulness of two presents from the narrator’s final judgment about giving.
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Springtime à la Carte: The Address Hidden in a Menu
A practical typing job becomes the route by which O. Henry’s separated lovers find one another.
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From the Cabby’s Seat, a Wife Looks Like a Fare
A professional category governs O. Henry’s carriage ride until its final recognition changes the opening wedding scene.
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A Service of Love: The Two Occupations They Invent
Follow the story’s opening claim through the fictional pupils, imaginary buyer and shared laundry before reading its shortened final sentence.
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Between Rounds: The Pause Does Not End the Fight
Read the interruption, imagined child and final return in O. Henry’s boarding-house story.
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The Cost of Solidarity in Sisters of the Golden Circle
O. Henry’s newlyweds share recognition, while an uninformed husband pays for the resulting choice.