Cabbages and KingsA series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic." |
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Pagina 37
Throwing off his hat and coat , and lighting a lamp for the night had crowded precipitately upon the brief twilight — he began to examine his piece of sea salvage . By holding the bottle near the light and turning it judiciously ...
Throwing off his hat and coat , and lighting a lamp for the night had crowded precipitately upon the brief twilight — he began to examine his piece of sea salvage . By holding the bottle near the light and turning it judiciously ...
Pagina 38
He began to speculate upon many fanciful theories concerning the story of the bottle , rejecting each in turn . Ships in danger of wreck or disablement sometimes cast forth such precarious messengers calling for aid .
He began to speculate upon many fanciful theories concerning the story of the bottle , rejecting each in turn . Ships in danger of wreck or disablement sometimes cast forth such precarious messengers calling for aid .
Pagina 46
Next a swarm of Caribs began to load upon lighters the thousands of bunches of bananas heaped upon the shore and row them out to the steamer . The Karlsefin had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities ...
Next a swarm of Caribs began to load upon lighters the thousands of bunches of bananas heaped upon the shore and row them out to the steamer . The Karlsefin had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities ...
Pagina 66
In two minutes a faint gleam began to show between the slats of the jalousies in the upper story of the hotel . “ They have engaged rooms , ” said . Goodwin to himself . “ So , then , their arrangements for sailing have yet to be made .
In two minutes a faint gleam began to show between the slats of the jalousies in the upper story of the hotel . “ They have engaged rooms , ” said . Goodwin to himself . “ So , then , their arrangements for sailing have yet to be made .
Pagina 76
Goodwin set the valise quickly upon the table and began to unfasten the straps . The lady stood by , with an expression of infinite scorn and weariness upon her face . The valise opened wide to a powerful , sidelong wrench .
Goodwin set the valise quickly upon the table and began to unfasten the straps . The lady stood by , with an expression of infinite scorn and weariness upon her face . The valise opened wide to a powerful , sidelong wrench .
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Pagina 14 - His Nibs skedaddled yesterday per jack-rabbit line with all the coin in the kitty and the bundle of muslin he's spoony about. The boodle is six figures short. Our crowd in good shape, but we need the spondulicks. You collar it. The main guy and the dry goods are headed for the briny. You to know what to do. BOB.
Pagina 59 - The mountains reached up their bulky shoulders to receive the level gallop of Apollo's homing steeds, the day died in the lagoons and in the shadowed banana groves and in the mangrove swamps, where the great blue crabs were beginning to crawl to land for their nightly ramble. And it died, at last, upon the highest peaks. Then the brief twilight, ephemeral as the flight of a moth, came and went; the Southern Cross peeped with its topmost eye above a row of palms, and the fire-flies heralded with their...
Pagina 11 - CORALIO reclined, in the mid-day heat, like some vacuous beauty lounging in a guarded harem. The town lay at the sea's edge on a strip of alluvial coast. It was set like a little pearl in an emerald band. Behind it, and seeming almost to topple, imminent, above it, rose the sea-following range of the Cordilleras.
Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Cabbages and Kings American fiction IV, 1901-1905 The complete edition of O. Henry |
| Autore | O. Henry |
| Editore | A. L. Burt Company, 1904 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 12 mar 2008 |
| Lunghezza | 312 pagine |
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