Month: November 2020
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The Last Leaf – Part one
The Last Leaf (By O’ Henry), Part one Sue often met Johnsy in a little café on the East Side of New York, where the two girls came for lunch almost every day. Johnsy was small and quiet, with big blue eyes and light hair. Sue was dark and bigger…
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THE LAST LEAF -Part two
THE LAST LEAFPart two(By O’ Henry) When Behrman was a young man, he decided to become a great artist. For forty years he tried, but he did not even become a good artist. Now he was more than sixty. Sometimes he sold his paintings, but he never had any money,…
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The Love Drug (by O’ Henry)
Jim, a young car-driver was a boarder at old Riddle’s. He was in love with Rosy, Mr. Riddle’s only daughter and Rosy was in love with him. They wanted to get married, but Mr. Riddle expected his daughter to marry a rich man. And Jim was going to have a…
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William Sydney Porter
O’ Henry O’ Henry, whose real name was William Sydney Porter, was American short-story teller. He was born in Greensboro a little town in North Carolina, in 1862. His mother died when he was three. His aunt had a private school, and encouraged him to read. He read a lot…
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