Cabbages and KingsA. L. Burt Company, 1904 - 312 pagine O. Henry wove together several stories into this highly episodic narrative. Set in the fictional country of Coralio in Central America, a banana republic where larceny is rampant and revolution lurks in every impoverished back alley, this novel offers cutting satire of contemporary politics and prejudices. Yet, in the end, lovers are reunited, poverty obliterated, and sentiment satisfied. |
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Pagina 82
... Atwood , of Dalesburg , Alabama , for a successor to Willard Geddie , resigned . Without prejudice to Mr. Atwood , it will have to be acknowledged that , in this instance , it was the man who sought the office . As with the self - ban ...
... Atwood , of Dalesburg , Alabama , for a successor to Willard Geddie , resigned . Without prejudice to Mr. Atwood , it will have to be acknowledged that , in this instance , it was the man who sought the office . As with the self - ban ...
Pagina 83
... Atwood , who lived in the big colonial mansion on the edge of Dalesburg . It would seem that the desirable Rosine should have been pleased to return the affection of an At- wood , a name honoured all over the state long before and since ...
... Atwood , who lived in the big colonial mansion on the edge of Dalesburg . It would seem that the desirable Rosine should have been pleased to return the affection of an At- wood , a name honoured all over the state long before and since ...
Pagina 84
... Atwood bowed till his hat touched the lawn grass , and went away with his head high , but with a sore wound in his pedigree and heart . A Hemstetter refuse an Atwood ! Zounds ! Among other accidents of that year was a Demo- cratic ...
... Atwood bowed till his hat touched the lawn grass , and went away with his head high , but with a sore wound in his pedigree and heart . A Hemstetter refuse an Atwood ! Zounds ! Among other accidents of that year was a Demo- cratic ...
Pagina 86
... Atwood , of Dalesburg ; and you might know every thought conceived in his bosom . Geddie came down to the consulate to explain the duties and workings of the office . He and Keogh tried to interest the new consul in their description of ...
... Atwood , of Dalesburg ; and you might know every thought conceived in his bosom . Geddie came down to the consulate to explain the duties and workings of the office . He and Keogh tried to interest the new consul in their description of ...
Pagina 87
... Atwood . " Sounds as if it could be stretched . I want to buy a new flag , a monkey , a guitar and a barrel of pineapples . Will that rubber account stretch over ' em ? " 6 " That's merely statistics , " said Geddie , smiling . " The ...
... Atwood . " Sounds as if it could be stretched . I want to buy a new flag , a monkey , a guitar and a barrel of pineapples . Will that rubber account stretch over ' em ? " 6 " That's merely statistics , " said Geddie , smiling . " The ...
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