"The Gift of the
Magi" is a short story written by O. Henry (a pen name for William Sydney
Porter), about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of
buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a
sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been a popular
one for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The plot and
its "twist ending" are well-known, and the ending is generally considered
an example of cosmic irony. It was allegedly written at Pete's Tavern[2][3] on
Irving Place in New York City.
2.
Vernacular
A vernacular is the
native language or native dialect of a specific population, as opposed to a
language of wider communication that is a second language or foreign language
to the population, such as a national language, standard language, or lingua
franca.
3.
Mark
Twain
Samuel Langhorne
Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark
Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is most noted for his novel The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel."
Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn (or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn) is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in England in December 1884 and
in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American
Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written
in the vernacular, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the
first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer and
narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective).
It is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the
Mississippi River. The story is set in the Town of "St. Petersburg",
inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived.
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