'The Last Leaf' is a short story by O. Henry published in 1907. Set in the Greenwich Village during a pneumonia epidemic, the story is a masterpiece. Read on to know more... In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called "places." These "places" make strange angles and curves. One street crosses itself a time or two. An artist once discovered a valuable possibility in this street. Suppose a collector with a bill for paints, paper and canvas should, in traversing this route, suddenly meet himself coming back, without...