‘The Furnished Room’ is a short story by the US short-story writer O. Henry, whose real name was William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). His stories are characterised by their irony, their occasional sentimentality, and by their surprise twist endings. All of these things became something of a signature feature, and ‘The Furnished Room’, which is one of O. Henry’s more melodramatic tales, showcases them all to some extent. https://interestingliterature.com/2022/05/o-henry-furnished-room-summary-analysis/ TRIGGER WARNING: CONTAINS SUICIDE