PLANTS
THE LEAF
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Stephen King
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O. Henry
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Mark Twain
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -’The Gift of the Magi’. This is surely O. Henry’s best-known story of all. Published in 1906, it’s about a husband and wife, Jim and Della, buying Christmas presents for each other, without much money to spend on them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hence, the correct answer is option 4. ‘’The Last Leaf” is a short story by O. Henry published in his 1907 collection “The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories".
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter, an American short story writer who is known for his tales about the life of ordinary people, especially in New York. His stories generally expressed the effect of coincidence on character through humour, grim or irony.