num_pages: 26
description: O. Henry's classic tale of Della and Jim, the struggling newlyweds so anxious to give each other a Christmas gift that each sells the one thing the other holds most dear, receives an oddly lifeless treatment here. Heyer's meticulously detailed illustrations are pretty but stilted; the characters look like mannequins. The rueful Jim fares better than poor prematurely middle-aged Della, who at times looks more like his mother than his wife. Still, the story is as touching as ever, and neither time nor mediocre artwork can dim its glory. All ages.
language: English
title: Tthe Gift of the Magi
titlecomplete: Tthe Gift of the Magi
characters: Jim, Della
genres: Classics, Christmas, Holiday, Picture Books, Short Stories, Young Adult, School, Romance, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 93006
places: New York City, New York, The United States of America
publisher: Bobbs-Merrill