Perspectives

Here, we will help put the story “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry into perspective by connecting it to the literary period, and works with the same theme and by the same author.

Literary period

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Works in the same genre

When it comes to the Realist genre, we recommend you read several other short stories belonging to this movement. For instance, we recommend you focus on Kate Chopin and her short stories “A Pair of Silk Stockings” or “The Story of an Hour”.

In “A Pair of Silk Stockings”, a young mother comes into the possession of an important sum of money, which she decides to spend on her own pleasures instead of her family.

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Works with the same theme and by the same author

An interesting short story by O. Henry, which also shares a common theme with “The Last Leaf” is “The Gift of the Magi”.

In the short story, the theme of selflessness and sacrifice is illustrated by a poor young couple...

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