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{{Summary
| Title = The Gift of the Magi
| Title = The Gift of the Magi
| Cycle = [[Four Million (Henry)| Four Million]]
| Cycle = [[The Four Million (Henry)|The Four Million]]
| Original title = The Gift of the Magi
| Original title = The Gift of the Magi
| Author = O. Henry
| Author = O. Henry
| Genre = short story
| Literary form = short story
| Year of publication = 1905
| Year of publication = 1905
| Microtelling = On Christmas Day, the wife cut off and sold her luxurious hair to buy an expensive chain for her husband's pocket watch. But it turned out that her husband had sold his watch to give her... hair combs.
| Microsummary = A young couple sold their most prized possessions to buy each other Christmas gifts, only to discover their sacrifices made the gifts unusable, highlighting their love and devotion.
| Wikidata = Q1168338
| Wikidata = Q1168338
| Wikisource = The Four Million/The Gift of the Magi
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Haggling with the greengrocer, grocer, and butcher so that her ears burned, Della only collected a dollar and eighty-five cents.


{{Character.
Della and Jim were a young married couple living in a modest flat. They were both very much in love and took great pride in two possessions: Jim's gold watch, which had been passed down through his family, and Della's beautiful long hair.
| Name = Della Jung
 
| Description = Young, frail woman with gorgeous knee-length brown hair, very much in love with her husband
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| Portrait = Della (O. Henry).JPG
| Name = Della
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| Description = loving wife in her early 20s; slender, beautiful long brown hair (before cutting); caring, selfless, devoted to her husband
| Emoji = 💇🏻‍♀️
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With these pennies she had to buy Jim a Christmas present.
{{Character
 
| Name = Jim (Mr. James Dillingham Young)
{{Character.
| Description = loving husband in his early 20s; thin, serious, needs a new overcoat and gloves; caring, selfless, devoted to his wife
| Name = Jim Jung
| Emoji = 👨🏻‍🦱
| Description = Della's husband, 22 years old, thin and horny, adores his wife
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Jim and Della were renting a furnished apartment whose furnishings were not so much blatant poverty, but rather eloquent poverty. Jim's earnings had recently declined considerably, and the young couple had not had an easy time. The family had two treasures: Della's luxurious hair, before which the jewels of the Queen of Sheba herself would pale, and Jim's gold watch, which King Solomon himself would have envied.
Despite their love for each other, they were quite poor, and as Christmas approached, they found themselves with very little money to buy each other gifts.


After a few tears of disappointment, Della stared into the narrow truce, and a brilliant idea occurred to her. She dressed quickly, went outside, and soon stopped near a sign for "All Kinds of Hair Products." For twenty dollars she sold her luxurious braids and used the proceeds to buy Jim a platinum chain for his watch.
Della had been saving every penny she could for months, but she only managed to save one dollar and eighty-seven cents. Desperate to buy Jim a present, she decided to sell her hair. She found a buyer, Madame Sofronie, who paid her twenty dollars for her hair. With the money, Della searched the stores for the perfect gift for Jim and finally found a platinum fob chain for his watch. She knew it was the perfect gift and bought it for twenty-one dollars.


When she returned home, Della was suddenly afraid that her husband would dislike her with this short haircut, and she "set about repairing the damage done by generosity combined with love. She heated a pair of tongs, curled her hair into fine curls, and looked remarkably like a boy who had escaped from school.
Meanwhile, Jim had also been trying to find a way to buy Della a special gift. He decided to sell his prized gold watch to buy a set of beautiful tortoiseshell combs with jeweled rims that Della had admired in a store window. He knew she would love them and that they would look stunning in her long hair.


When Jim came home, frozen without gloves, he looked at his wife with either surprise or horror or anger. Neither the new haircut nor any other reason could have made Jim dislike his wife, but he could not fathom the fact that Della no longer had cos. At last Jim pulled out a bundle containing a set of tortoiseshell combs with shiny stones - the object of Della's secret desires. In return, she presented her husband with the chain. But her gift, like Jim's, had to be hidden for now: Jim had pawned the watch to buy his wife the combs.
On Christmas Eve, Della returned home with the fob chain and tried to fix her hair, which she had cut short to sell. She was worried that Jim would not find her attractive anymore, but she hoped he would understand her sacrifice. When Jim arrived home, he was shocked to see Della's short hair but quickly reassured her that he still loved her just as much. Della then excitedly gave him the fob chain for his watch.


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{{Quote|But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest.}}
...Of all the givers, these two were the wisest. Of all those who give and receive gifts, only those like them are truly wise. Everywhere and everywhere. They are the wise men.
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{{questions|
* Why is the story called "The Gifts of the Magi"?
* Where and at what time is the action unfolding?
* How are the sad and the funny intertwined in the story? Find the fragments in the text where both intonations appear, where the mood changes.
* Can the ending of the story be considered unhappy? Why does the narrator call the characters the wisest?
* How has the sad and touching story of O. Henry's own life (William Porter) been transformed in "The Gifts of the Magi"? What changed in it, and what matched the real story exactly?
* What kind of ending did you expect? Could the story have had a different ending?
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''The retelling is based on a translation by E. Kalashnikova from The Works of O. Henry in Three Volumes (M.: Pravda, 1975).''
Jim, in turn, gave Della the combs he had bought for her hair. They both realized that they had sold their most prized possessions to buy gifts for each other, rendering the gifts themselves unusable. However, they also understood the depth of their love and the sacrifices they were willing to make for each other. In the end, they decided to put their gifts away for the time being and enjoyed a simple Christmas dinner together, cherishing the love they shared.
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Latest revision as of 08:06, 14 May 2023

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O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi
1905  
Summary of the Short Story
from the Collection «The Four Million»
Microsummary: A young couple sold their most prized possessions to buy each other Christmas gifts, only to discover their sacrifices made the gifts unusable, highlighting their love and devotion.

Della and Jim were a young married couple living in a modest flat. They were both very much in love and took great pride in two possessions: Jim's gold watch, which had been passed down through his family, and Della's beautiful long hair.

💇🏻‍♀️
Della — loving wife in her early 20s; slender, beautiful long brown hair (before cutting); caring, selfless, devoted to her husband.
👨🏻‍🦱
Jim (Mr. James Dillingham Young) — loving husband in his early 20s; thin, serious, needs a new overcoat and gloves; caring, selfless, devoted to his wife.

Despite their love for each other, they were quite poor, and as Christmas approached, they found themselves with very little money to buy each other gifts.

Della had been saving every penny she could for months, but she only managed to save one dollar and eighty-seven cents. Desperate to buy Jim a present, she decided to sell her hair. She found a buyer, Madame Sofronie, who paid her twenty dollars for her hair. With the money, Della searched the stores for the perfect gift for Jim and finally found a platinum fob chain for his watch. She knew it was the perfect gift and bought it for twenty-one dollars.

Meanwhile, Jim had also been trying to find a way to buy Della a special gift. He decided to sell his prized gold watch to buy a set of beautiful tortoiseshell combs with jeweled rims that Della had admired in a store window. He knew she would love them and that they would look stunning in her long hair.

On Christmas Eve, Della returned home with the fob chain and tried to fix her hair, which she had cut short to sell. She was worried that Jim would not find her attractive anymore, but she hoped he would understand her sacrifice. When Jim arrived home, he was shocked to see Della's short hair but quickly reassured her that he still loved her just as much. Della then excitedly gave him the fob chain for his watch.

But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest.

Jim, in turn, gave Della the combs he had bought for her hair. They both realized that they had sold their most prized possessions to buy gifts for each other, rendering the gifts themselves unusable. However, they also understood the depth of their love and the sacrifices they were willing to make for each other. In the end, they decided to put their gifts away for the time being and enjoyed a simple Christmas dinner together, cherishing the love they shared.

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