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 9
The little opéra - bouffe nations play at government and intrigue until somle day a
big , silent gunboat glides into the offing and warns them not to break their toys .
And with these changes comes also the small adventurer , with empty pockets to
...
The little opéra - bouffe nations play at government and intrigue until somle day a
big , silent gunboat glides into the offing and warns them not to break their toys .
And with these changes comes also the small adventurer , with empty pockets to
...
Pagina 18
Ever play that , Frank , when you was a kid ? " “ I think so , " said Goodwin ,
laughing . “ You join hands all ' round , and " “ You do not , ” interrupted Keogh . “
You ' ve got a fine sporting game mixed up in your head with All Around the ...
Ever play that , Frank , when you was a kid ? " “ I think so , " said Goodwin ,
laughing . “ You join hands all ' round , and " “ You do not , ” interrupted Keogh . “
You ' ve got a fine sporting game mixed up in your head with All Around the ...
Pagina 19
It ' s as easy as a chess problem - fox to play , and mate in three moves . Oh ,
goosey , goosey , gander , whither do you wander ? By the blessing of the literary
telegraph the boodle of this benighted fatherland shall be preserved to the
honest ...
It ' s as easy as a chess problem - fox to play , and mate in three moves . Oh ,
goosey , goosey , gander , whither do you wander ? By the blessing of the literary
telegraph the boodle of this benighted fatherland shall be preserved to the
honest ...
Pagina 25
His plans were completed for the interception of the fugitives from the capital ;
and now it was but a waiting game that he had to play . The consul was
interested in his report . He was only twenty - four ; and he had not been 25 THE
LOTUS ...
His plans were completed for the interception of the fugitives from the capital ;
and now it was but a waiting game that he had to play . The consul was
interested in his report . He was only twenty - four ; and he had not been 25 THE
LOTUS ...
Pagina 31
He played coyly and insinuatingly upon the strings of “ on dit ” and “ Madame
Rumour ” and “ a little bird ” and “ no one would be surprised , ” and ended with
congratulations . Geddie , having finished his breakfast , took his papers to the
edge ...
He played coyly and insinuatingly upon the strings of “ on dit ” and “ Madame
Rumour ” and “ a little bird ” and “ no one would be surprised , ” and ended with
congratulations . Geddie , having finished his breakfast , took his papers to the
edge ...
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Parole e frasi comuni
admiral American Anchuria asked bananas beach began Billy Blythe boat bottle brought capital captain carried chair cigar Clancy close coast coming Company consul Coralio dark Dicky dollars door entered eyes face five followed friends fruit Geddie give Goodwin hand head heard Henry hundred Johnny keep Keogh kind knew land light looked means Mellinger minutes morning move native never night once paint picture play president republic running says seemed Señor shoes shore side sitting sloop smile soon Spanish speak steamer steps stood street tell there's thing thought thousand told took town tree tropics turned Twas waiting walked wall White York young
Brani popolari
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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