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 3
... of an imminent revolution ; and that one hundred thousand dollars , government funds , which he carried with him in an American leather valise as a souvenir of his tempestuous administration , was never afterward recovered .
... of an imminent revolution ; and that one hundred thousand dollars , government funds , which he carried with him in an American leather valise as a souvenir of his tempestuous administration , was never afterward recovered .
Pagina 4
They say , in Coralio , that she found a prompt and prosperous tide in the form of Frank Goodwin , an American resident of the town , an investor who had grown wealthy by dealing in the products of the country - a banana king , a rubber ...
They say , in Coralio , that she found a prompt and prosperous tide in the form of Frank Goodwin , an American resident of the town , an investor who had grown wealthy by dealing in the products of the country - a banana king , a rubber ...
Pagina 5
Of the American , Don Frank Goodwin , and of his wife the natives have nothing but good to say . Don Frank has lived among them for years , and has compelled their respect . His lady is easily queen of what social life the sober coast ...
Of the American , Don Frank Goodwin , and of his wife the natives have nothing but good to say . Don Frank has lived among them for years , and has compelled their respect . His lady is easily queen of what social life the sober coast ...
Pagina 14
... straight hair ; the men to their cigarettes and gossip in the cantinas . Goodwin sat on Keogh's doorstep , and read his telegram . It was from Bob Englehart , an American , who lived in San Mateo , the capital city of Anchuria , ...
... straight hair ; the men to their cigarettes and gossip in the cantinas . Goodwin sat on Keogh's doorstep , and read his telegram . It was from Bob Englehart , an American , who lived in San Mateo , the capital city of Anchuria , ...
Pagina 15
He was the most successful of the small advance - guard of speculative Americans that had invaded Anchuria , and he had not reached that enviable pinnacle without having well exercised the arts of foresight and deduction .
He was the most successful of the small advance - guard of speculative Americans that had invaded Anchuria , and he had not reached that enviable pinnacle without having well exercised the arts of foresight and deduction .
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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 | l'Universitā della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 312 pagine |
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