《最后一片藤叶》是20世纪初美国杰出的短篇小说家欧·亨利的作品之一,发表于1907年。它描写生活在社会底层的3位穷画家——少女Sue,Johnsy 和Old Breham 的故事。Johnsy 身患肺炎,放弃了生存希望,认为最后一片常春藤叶落下之时就是自己生命终结之刻。Sue精心护理、照顾她;而OldBreham为了让Johnsy恢复生的希望,不畏严寒,连夜画了一片常春藤叶。Johnsy看到不落的叶子,有了生的希望,而老画家却因天寒受冻加上年老体衰感染肺炎,不治而亡。
欧·亨利用其著名的结尾“春秋”笔法,揭示并讴歌了在人心深处的人性善良之美. 多少年过去了,每到秋天树叶零落时,我就不禁会想起这篇感人至深的文章。
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下面转载这首《The last leaf》 是 The Cascades Band 1963年演唱的:
The Last Leaf Lyrics
Just one leaf, that's all there is now
And my last hope live with that lonely leaf, lonely leaf
With the last leaf that clings to the bough
Last summer beneath this tree
Myh love said she'd come back to me
Before the leaves of autumn touched the ground, touched the ground
My love promised she's be homeward bound
Then one by one the leaves began to fall
And now that winter's come to call
The last leaf that clings to the bough
Just one leaf, that's all there is now
Will my last hope fall with that lonely leaf, lonely leaf
With the last leaf, the last leaf
With the last leaf that clings to the bough
Bough, bough, bough...