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 6
The headpiece bearing the name of President Miraflores is daily scrubbed with soap - bark and sand . An old half - breed Indian tends the grave with fidelity and the dawdling minuteness of inherited sloth . He chops down the weeds and ...
The headpiece bearing the name of President Miraflores is daily scrubbed with soap - bark and sand . An old half - breed Indian tends the grave with fidelity and the dawdling minuteness of inherited sloth . He chops down the weeds and ...
Pagina 28
When they grounded in the shallow water there was still five yards of rolling surf between them and dry sand . Then half - clothed Caribs dashed into the water , and brought in on their backs the Valhalla's purser and the little native ...
When they grounded in the shallow water there was still five yards of rolling surf between them and dry sand . Then half - clothed Caribs dashed into the water , and brought in on their backs the Valhalla's purser and the little native ...
Pagina 36
A miniature breaker , spreading with a soft “ swish ” upon the sand brought with it something round and shiny that rolled back again as the wave receded . The next influx beached it clear , and Geddie picked it up .
A miniature breaker , spreading with a soft “ swish ” upon the sand brought with it something round and shiny that rolled back again as the wave receded . The next influx beached it clear , and Geddie picked it up .
Pagina 47
form came ashore , and a stocky - built man leaped to the sands . The new - comer seemed to turn a disapproving eye upon the rather motley congregation of native Anchurians , and made his way at once toward Goodwin , who was the most ...
form came ashore , and a stocky - built man leaped to the sands . The new - comer seemed to turn a disapproving eye upon the rather motley congregation of native Anchurians , and made his way at once toward Goodwin , who was the most ...
Pagina 48
Smith plowed his way through the sand to the consulate , his haberdashery creating violent discord against the smooth tropical blues and greens . Geddie was lounging in his hammock , somewhat pale of face and languid in pose .
Smith plowed his way through the sand to the consulate , his haberdashery creating violent discord against the smooth tropical blues and greens . Geddie was lounging in his hammock , somewhat pale of face and languid in pose .
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admiral American Anchuria asked bananas beach began Billy Blythe boat bottle brought capital carried chair cigar Clancy close coast coming Company consul Coralio dark Dicky dollars door entered eyes face feet five followed friends fruit Geddie give Goodwin hand head heard Henry hundred Johnny keep Keogh kind land light looked means Mellinger minutes morning move native never night once paint passed picture play president republic running sand says seemed Seņor shoes shore side sloop smile soon Spanish speak steamer steps stood street talk tell there's thing thought thousand told took town tree tropics turned Twas waiting walked White York young
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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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