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This free audiobook with transcript/subtitles was narrated and recorded by Phil Chenevert in December 2012 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, The United States of America.

Summary:
The Gift of the Magi is an O. Henry short story in which a young couple are very much in love with each other but can barely afford their one-room apartment. For Christmas, they each make a sacrifice to purchase a gift for the other, with ironic results.

The moral of the story is that physical possessions, however valuable they may be, are of little value in the grand scheme of things. The true unselfish love that the characters, Jim and Della, share is greater than their possessions.

O. Henry ends the story by clarifying the metaphor between the characters in the story, Della and James (or Jim), and the Biblical Magi. The Gift of the Magi features O. Henry's characteristic twist ending and use of flowery diction.

The Gift of the Magi by William Sydney Porter (better known as O. Henry) at LibriVox: [ Ссылка ]
This free audio book in the English language is also available at Internet Archive: [ Ссылка ]
O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi at Wikipedia: [ Ссылка ]
The article about the author: [ Ссылка ]
Electronic text at Project Gutenberg: [ Ссылка ]

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