The Classic Close to My Heart-The Last Leaf and Other Stories by O’Henry
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Apr 5, 2024
The Last Leaf
The poignant stories in the book tug at your heartstrings. The Last Leaf is a heart-touching story of a terminally ill girl who pins her hopes on the last leaf of a tree. She has a feeling she lives as long as the last leaf does not fall. To keep her and her hope alive, a painter paints a leaf where the last leaf has fallen off in the middle of a stormy, rainy night. He dies of pneumonia as a consequence. A story of human values, hope, and sacrifice will remain etched in the hearts just as that leaf painted on the tree.
So also the story ‘ Gift of the Maggi’ in the collection.
