The Last Leaf

The Last Leaf

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Read by: Marian Browne

Language: English

Length: 13 minutes

Publisher: Hexagon Tech

Release date: 2022-08-08

The Last Leaf is a short story by O. Henry published in his 1907 collection The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories. The story first appeared on October 15, 1905, in the New York World.

The scene of the story of The Last Leaf is the Greenwich artist colony in New York City. Over the past century, it has developed from a poor literati settlement to a world-famous art center and tourist attraction.