The Last Leaf [short story]

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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.

It tells the story of an old artist Sue who saves the life of a young artist Johnsy , dying of pneumonia, by giving her the will to live. Johnsy can see an ivy plant through the window gradually losing its leaves, and has taken it into her head that she will die when the last leaf falls.

Seemingly, it never does fall, and she survives. We learn that in reality the vine lost all its leaves. What she thought she saw was a leaf, painted on the wall with show more perfect realism, by the old artist. The old artist sue dies of pneumonia contracted while being out in the wet and cold, painting the last leaf to not let her friend die. show less

Faboulus little book that I will certainly try to get a copy of for my library.

I love little stoies like this that have so much meaning in so little pages.

Wonderful and enlightening.

And they were roommates! (If y’a know what I mean :>)

Touching.