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The Last Leaf

O. Henry

First published 1935
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A young artist falls ill, gives up on trying to live, and fixates on the autumn ivy vine she can see from her window, declaring that she's sure she'll die when its last leaf falls. But a friend of hers, an older artist, finds a way to make this idea help heal her.

The Trimmed Lamp, McClure, 1907

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1935 Cover A Century of Thrillers: Second Series Daily Express Publications Anthology 381
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September 1988 Cover Thirteen Modern English and American Short Stories Le Livre de Poche Anthology 185
October 1994 Cover Thrillers: A Classic Collection Bracken Books Anthology 257
1996 Cover Thrillers: A Classic Collection Leopard Anthology 257
2002 Cover 101 Stories The Folio Society Collection 92
2021 Cover From Out of the Kitchen (Women's Fight for Careers) Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology 52