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. |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 1-5 di 11
Pagina 126
... Beelzebub " Blythe , with the air of a courtier and the outward aspect of a scarecrow , pounced upon him hopefully from the door of a pulperia . Blythe had been re - christened " Beelzebub " as an acknowledgment of the greatness of his ...
... Beelzebub " Blythe , with the air of a courtier and the outward aspect of a scarecrow , pounced upon him hopefully from the door of a pulperia . Blythe had been re - christened " Beelzebub " as an acknowledgment of the greatness of his ...
Pagina 128
... lot , will you , like a good fellow ? " " All right , " said Goodwin . " Buenas noches . " " Beelzebub " Blythe lingered over his cups , pol- ishing his eyeglasses with a disreputable handker- chief . " 128 Cabbages and Kings.
... lot , will you , like a good fellow ? " " All right , " said Goodwin . " Buenas noches . " " Beelzebub " Blythe lingered over his cups , pol- ishing his eyeglasses with a disreputable handker- chief . " 128 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 189
... merchandise formed themselves into a softly jabbering and gesticulating group . For there upon their space of the platform was sprawled , asleep , the unbeautiful figure of " Beelzebub " Blythe . He lay 189 THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE.
... merchandise formed themselves into a softly jabbering and gesticulating group . For there upon their space of the platform was sprawled , asleep , the unbeautiful figure of " Beelzebub " Blythe . He lay 189 THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE.
Pagina 190
... Beelzebub " Blythe . He sat up , blinking , and leaned his back against the wall of the mar- ket . Drawing a blighted silk handkerchief from his pocket , he assiduously rubbed and burnished his glasses . And while doing this he became ...
... Beelzebub " Blythe . He sat up , blinking , and leaned his back against the wall of the mar- ket . Drawing a blighted silk handkerchief from his pocket , he assiduously rubbed and burnished his glasses . And while doing this he became ...
Pagina 192
... Beelzebub " Blythe had reached rock bottom . Further descent seemed impossible . That last night's slumber in a public place had done for him . As long as he had had a roof to cover him there had remained , unbridged , the space that ...
... Beelzebub " Blythe had reached rock bottom . Further descent seemed impossible . That last night's slumber in a public place had done for him . As long as he had had a roof to cover him there had remained , unbridged , the space that ...
Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto
Parole e frasi comuni
admiral aguardiente American Anchuria Atwood bananas beach Beelzebub Billy Keogh Blythe boat bottle captain Caribs Casa Morena chair cigar Clancy coast cocoanut Colonel Falcon consul Coralio crew Dalesburg dark Dicky dollars Don Sabas door drink El Nacional Estebán eyes face Felipe flag friends Geddie graft grass Gregg Guatemala hand head Hemstetter honour Johnny Johnny's Karlsefin lady land laughed looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic Rosine sail sand says seemed Señor Goodwin señorita shoes shore sloop smile smoke Spanish Spanish Main steamer steps stood street tell there's thing thousand tintype took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla