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Tag: O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi – Characters

Posted on July 3, 2019 by JL Admin

Dell  See Delia Young  Jim  See James Dillingham Young  Madame  See Mme Sofronie  Mme Sofronie  Madame Sofronie, the only character in the story other than the Youngs, owns the local hairgoods shop; in the early 1900s, when this story was written, wigs were made of real human hair. She has a small role in the…

The Gift of the Magi – Story Summary

Posted on July 3, 2019 by JL Admin

Delia and Jim Young, the main characters in “The Gift of the Magi,” are a young married couple with very little money. Jim has suffered a thirty-percent pay cut, and the two must scrimp for everything. On the day before Christmas, Delia counts the money she has painstakingly saved for months. She is dismayed to…

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