The Social Triangle

A poor tailor spends his entire week’s wages for one impossible dream: to shake the hand of a powerful man. From crowded immigrant streets to glittering dining halls, three very different people chase the same thing - a connection to someone they admire. As ambition, status, and longing pass from one person to another, O. Henry reveals how every social class envies the one above it. A witty and surprisingly touching story about prestige, belonging, and the strange ladders people spend their lives trying to climb.