The Gift of the Magi and Other
Stories - This collection of short stories by O.
Henry gives the reader a wonderful selection of
characters from the United States of 100 years ago. The
classic short story The Gift of the Magi is the most
famous of O. Henry's stories, but the stories that
follow in this collection give the reader a deeper and
richer sample of O. Henry's storytelling.
The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories
Audio
Note:
The following stories contain audio programs.
Instructions: 1. Click the story links in
blue print to open the written text
in a new window 2. Then click the play
button on the audio player to listen to the audio version
The Gift of the Magi -
6 pages - The story of the Gift of the Magi
describes a couple who go to great lengths to buy each other a special
Christmas present.
The Gift of the Magi -
13 pages - Classroom activities.
The Gift of the Magi -
4 pages - Classroom activities answer key.
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen -
5 pages - The text and audio of this story in the
Gift of the Magi are about a Thanksgiving "tradition" between an old
gentleman and a homeless man: every Thanksgiving, the old gentleman treats
the homeless man to a full-course meal.
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen -
10 pages - Classroom activities.
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen -
4 pages - Classroom activities answer key.
The Last Leaf -
7 pages - This story describes a woman who catches
pneumonia and wishes to die when the last leaf on an ivy vine outside her
window falls.
The Last Leaf -
12 pages - Classroom activities.
The Last Leaf -
4 pages - Classroom activities answer key.
The Furnished Room -
7 pages - This story tells of a man who, on the
trail of a lost love, rents out a furnished room that is popular among
thespians. Even though the housekeeper said that she had never seen or heard
of the woman that the man seeks, he somehow feels her presence in that
rented room.
The Furnished Room -
10 pages - Classroom activities.
The Furnished Room -
4 pages - Classroom activities answer key.
The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories
Hearts and Crosses -
9 pages - This story tells of a Texas rancher
named Webb who is not content with holding a lower rank than his wife
regarding ranch affairs. He leaves to be the master of his own ranch, but is
lured back by a sign that was used to signal a secret rendezvous when he and
his wife were dating.
Hearts and Crosses -
11 pages - Classroom activities.
Hearts and Crosses -
5 pages - Classroom activities answer key.
The Cop and the Anthem -
6 pages - This story is about a homeless man who
tries to get into prison in order to get free food and keep warm during the
winter. Now with classroom activities and answer key.
The Cop and the Anthem -
10 pages - Classroom activities.
The Cop and the Anthem -
4 pages - Classroom activities answer key.
A Retrieved Reformation -
8 pages - This story tells of Jimmy Valentine, a
safe burglar who recently was released from prison. After robbing a few more
safes, he decides to abandon his old life in favor of becoming a better
citizen.
A Retrieved Reformation -
12 pages - Classroom activities.
A Retrieved Reformation -
5 pages - Classroom activities answer key.
After Twenty Years -
4 pages - This story is about a man who honors his
promise to meet his best friend in the same location where they met twenty
years ago, before he headed West.
After Twenty Years -
12 pages - Classroom activities.
After Twenty Years -
2 pages - Classroom activities answer key.
Transients in Arcadia -
5 pages - This story is about a man and a woman
who save enough money from their blue-collar jobs to spend a week in luxury
at a hotel.
Transients in Arcadia -
8 pages - Classroom activities.
Transients in Arcadia -
4 pages - Classroom activities answer key.
Mammon and the Archer -
6 pages - This story is about a soap tycoon named
Anthony Rockwall who thinks that literally anything can be bought with
money.
Mammon and the Archer -
10 pages - Classroom activities.
Mammon and the Archer -
7 pages - Classroom activities answer key.
The Green Door -
7 pages - This story is about Rudolf Steiner, a
"true adventurer" who is always ready to try something different. One
evening he gets a piece of paper that says "The Green Door."
The Green Door -
11 pages - Classroom activities.
The Green Door -
5 pages - Classroom activities answer key.
