世界名著典藏系列：欧·亨利短篇小说选集（英文全本）

世界文学名著表现了作者描述的特定时代的文化。阅读这些名著可以领略著者流畅的文笔、逼真的描述、详细的刻画，让读者如同置身当时的历史文化之中。为此，我们将这套精心编辑的“名著典藏”奉献给广大读者。
我们找来了专门研究西方历史、西方文化的专家学者，请教了专业的翻译人员，精心挑选了这些可以代表西方文学的著作，并听取了一些国外专门研究文学的朋友的建议，不删节、不做任何人为改动，严格按照原著的风格，提供原汁原味的西方名著，让读者能享受纯正的英文名著。
随着阅读的展开，你会发现自己的英语水平无形中有了大幅提高，并且对西方历史文化的了解也日益深入广阔。
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The Gift ofthe Magi
One dollar and eighty．seven cents．That was a11．And sixty cents of itwas in pennies．Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing thegrocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until ones cheek burnedwith the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied．Three times Della counted it．One dollar and eighty．seven cents．And thenext day would be Christmas．
There was clearly nothing left to do but flop down on the shabbv littlecouch and howl．So Della did it．Which instigates the moral reflection thatlife is made up of sobs，sniffles，and smiles，with sniffles predominating．
While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the。firststage to the second．take a look at the home．A fumished flat at$8 perweek．It did not exactly beggar description，but it certainly had that wordon the look-out for the mendicancy squad．
In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go，and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring．A1soappertaining thereunto was a card beating the nameMr．James Dillingh-amYoung．
TheDillinghamhad been flung to the breeze during a former period ofprosperity when its possessor was being Paid$30 per week．Now，whenthe income was shrunk to$20，the letters ofDillinghamlooked blurred．as though they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest andunassuming D．But whenever Mr．James Dillingham Young came homeand reached his flat above he was calledJimand greatly hugged by Mrs．James Dillingham Young，already introduced to you as Della．which is allvery good．
Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks wim the powder rag．She stood bv the window and looked out dully at a grey cat walking a greyfence in a grey backyard．To．morrow would be Christmas Day．and shehad only 1．87 with which to buy Jim a present．She had been savingevery penny she could for months．wim this result．Twenty dollars a weekdoesnt go far．Expenses had been greater than she had calculated．Thevalways are．

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