Jan 2, 2010

The Gift of the Magi | What Do I Read Next?

Whirligigs, a collection of O. Henry's short stories published in 1910, features the popular story "The Ransom of Red Chief," about two men who kidnap a boy so impossible that soon they are offering to pay his parents to take him back. This story has been made into films and is often anthologized.

O. Henry: A Biography of William Sydney Porter. Written by David Stuart and published by Doubleday in 1987, this biography offers a recent look at O. Henry's life.

"The Open Window," from Saki's collection Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914), is a short story that...