Cover of The Last Leaf

The Last Leaf

Sue and Johnsy are two girlfriends who live together in New York City. When Johnsy becomes sick one winter, she makes up her mind to die when the last leaf falls from the ivy plant growing outside her window. Sue would do anything to help her friend get well, but she is a poor artist. As the winter wind blows and the rain falls, there seems no way to stop the last leaf from falling.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 35 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked The Last Leaf? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Last Leaf. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. The Complete Works of O. Henry Shares classics, short stories, fiction
  2. Going for a Beer Shares short stories, fiction, american
  3. The Open Window Shares classics, short stories, fiction
  4. The Most Complete Edgar Allan Poe Collection of Works Short Stories Poetry Shares classics, short stories, fiction

“People who read The Last Leaf tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Խաչագողի Հիշատակարանը, Khatchagoghi Hishatakarana
  2. The Necklace
  3. The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn
  4. The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade

“If you want more of the same (literary fiction), start with these.”

  1. Free onlineFree The Game
  2. Free onlineFree Falk
  3. The Secret Sharer and other stories
  4. Free onlineFree The Gentle Grafter

“If it was the classics that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Breakfast at Tiffany's
  2. Ethan Frome and Other Short Fiction
  3. Great Short Works of Willa Cather
  4. Seven Short Novels

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Leaf Man
  2. When Winter Comes
  3. Leaf
  4. Big Wolf and Little Wolf, The Little Leaf That Wouldn't Fall