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I’m very happy to share with you the 13th title in the Grammaticus Free Library series!
The latest release is a story by the American writer William Sydney Porter (1861-1910), better known as O. Henry. Like many of his other short stories, "The Gift of the Magi" has a delightfully surprising ending.
https://grammaticus.blog/2025/12/17/free-ebook-the-gift-of-the-magi-by-o-henry/
#literature #shortstory #americanliterature #ohenry #learningenglish #ebook
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Free ebook: “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry
Dear all,
I’m very happy to share with you the 13th title in the Grammaticus Free Library series! If you are not familiar with it, each GFL ebook contains notes explaining more complex vocabulary (some of them also include additional exercises), and they are all available as free PDF downloads.
The latest release is a story by the American writer William Sydney Porter (1861-1910), better known as O. Henry. Like many of his other short stories, The Gift of the Magi has a delightfully surprising ending.
In a nutshell, this is a delightful Christmastime tale of a young couple, each sacrificing their most prized possession to buy a gift for the other. In the end, they discover that true wealth lies in their selfless love.
To download your copy, please click on the link below.
To browse all the previous titles in the Grammaticus Free Library series, visit the Library section of this website. Here I would just like to draw your attention to three other stories with a winter setting available there, perfect for the season:
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
“The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry – listen to and read a simplified version of the story, adapted for English language learners
Listen to “The Gift of the Magi” narrated by Julie Harris
Watch the 1980 short film “The Gift of the Magi“, produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica
NOTES
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#HashtagGames
#BookOrPlayAboutBossesThe Ransom of Fed's Chief
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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Sean Penn Says Will Smith's Slap Made Him Want to Melt His 2 Oscars Into Bullets for Ukraine https://jezebel.com/sean-penn-says-will-smiths-slap-made-him-want-to-melt-h-1850834935 #Jezebel #grandcrossofthelegionofhonour #seanpennsayswillsmith #trumpukrainescandal #timepersonoftheyear #volodymyrzelenskyy #penntellerbullshit #humaninterest #academyawards #the2022oscars #chrisrock #theoscars #seanpenn #oscars #ohenry #oscar #you
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#FlipABadCharacterGood
#HashtagGamesZiv Television got a huge jump on all of us flipping a bad character good AND on early syndication in the 1950s--it took the ribald outlaw character Cisco Kid of O. Henry's and turned him into a western badlands Robin Hood with a Spanish accent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cisco_Kid_(TV_series)
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Compare and Contrast
👉 LEFT: The Gift of the Magi.
👉 RIGHT: The Grift of the MAGAts!
#CompareAndContrast
#GiftOfTheMagi #OHenry #GriftOfTheMAGATS #DonaldTrump #MAGA #DonTheCon #CriminalTrump -
"The Prisoner of Zembla" by O. Henry
#ShubertReads #OHenry #Audiobook #ClassicFiction #Comedy #Relaxing #BedtimeStory
