The Gift of the Magi By O. Henry | Full Audiobook |

[@michaelrobb9542]

I remember this being told over the radio. I was young then, my parents were divorced. I'm old now. I've given much and been given much. We're happy and married. We're old now, no one sends us mail.

[@janestarr4403]

I remember reading this in 7th grade. I loved the works of O. Henry. My favorite was Retrieved Reformation. I'd like to hear that one too.

[@_le1954]

I read this when I was 8 years old and loved it.

[@Babybear3000]

This and any Edgar Allen Poe poem or story is my favorite

[@davochobanyan2256]

It's amazing. A wonderful story. I like it

[@tinajohnson7524]

I read this book eons ago! I never forgot it! ❤

[@Lofi_from_O]

I’m not one for reading but I got this short story assigned for an English assignment. It’s a late night and I am lying in bed and the story really is pretty I really do like it!

[@nbenefiel]

Reading is a gift. It opens both the world and time to you.

[@theculturedbumpkin]

Wonderful !!

[@lili46038]

This story is too cute

[@loveart221]

Love this story, read the book for the first time in middle school, and never forgot it! 💕

[@huntercoleman460]

Like it too. Such a great relationship Jim and Della have right?

[@spitfire_2]

Great story! I saw an old movie based on it.

[@curtiswfranks]

Man, he was such a good writer.

[@huntercoleman460]

Did you know his real name was William Sydney Porter?

[@yeezymay6408]

🎉⁹87

[@curtiswfranks]

@@huntercoleman460: Nope!

[@milagrosrodriguez2433]

That story is The Gift of The Magi by O Henry, I read it 52 years ago in school. She sells her hair to buy him a chain for his watch and he sells his watch for the hair combs. Please give credit to the writer of this beautiful story - O Henry.

[@Hochspitz]

Jim's watch won't grow back.

[@davochobanyan2256]

A wonderfull story. I like it

[@boukariamira-pr3kz]

❤

[@jkctx9232]

Her hair will grow back

[@annoyingbookgirl]

It falls beneath her KNEE bro I don’t think it will be the same again

[@huntercoleman460]

@@annoyingbookgirl why won’t Della’s hair be the same again?

[@Mr152008]

@@annoyingbookgirl She’s quite young; it will grow back. Always frustrated me that a poignant story with a powerful message was in part ruined by unequal gifts.

[@sherylobal3649]

According to NIH, average knee height of females aged 25-62 years old is 51.1 cm (or 20.118 inches) According to cleveland clinic, females in the us have an average height of 63.5 inches (might be off since back then height might’ve changed [since you know, o. Henry wrote this in the very early 1900’s]) Anyways that means height from the tip of a female’s head to their knees would be about 43.382 inches According to Kiehl’s, you grow an average of half an inch of hair per month Which means to reach knee height worth of hair from bald (wait how long was her hair after she cut it again?) it would take around 87 months or 7.25 years It would be in the realm of possibility for her to grow her hair back, but a lot can happen in half a decade’s worth of time