In “The Furnished Room,” O. Henry trades his usual light touch for something far more haunting. A weary young man arrives at a shabby New York boarding house, desperately searching for the woman he loves. The room he rents feels strangely steeped in old emotions… and in secrets the landlady would rather not discuss. As he follows faint traces of her presence—a perfume, a song, a whispered memory—the line between the living and the dead begins to blur. This is O. Henry at his darkest: a tale of obsession, despair, and a rented room that holds on to its tragedies long after its tenants have gone.
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