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 12
The man in the door was Billy Keogh , scout of fortune and progress and latter - day rover of the Spanish Main . Tintypes and protographs were the weapons with which Keogh and Clancy were at that time assailing the hopeless shores .
The man in the door was Billy Keogh , scout of fortune and progress and latter - day rover of the Spanish Main . Tintypes and protographs were the weapons with which Keogh and Clancy were at that time assailing the hopeless shores .
Pagina 17
“ Read that , Billy , ” he said . “ It's from Bob Englehart . Can you manage the cipher ? ' Keogh sat in the other half of the doorway , and carefully perused the telegram . “ ' Tis not a cipher , ” he said , finally .
“ Read that , Billy , ” he said . “ It's from Bob Englehart . Can you manage the cipher ? ' Keogh sat in the other half of the doorway , and carefully perused the telegram . “ ' Tis not a cipher , ” he said , finally .
Pagina 18
... Billy ; their feathers are too valuable . Our crowd is prepared and able to step into the shoes of the government at once ; but with the treasury empty we'd stay in power about as long as a tenderfoot would stick on an untamed ...
... Billy ; their feathers are too valuable . Our crowd is prepared and able to step into the shoes of the government at once ; but with the treasury empty we'd stay in power about as long as a tenderfoot would stick on an untamed ...
Pagina 20
“ Keep the matter quiet , Billy , ” advised Goodwin . “ We don't want the Ins to know that the president is in flight . I suppose Bob's information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet . Otherwise he would not have tried to ...
“ Keep the matter quiet , Billy , ” advised Goodwin . “ We don't want the Ins to know that the president is in flight . I suppose Bob's information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet . Otherwise he would not have tried to ...
Pagina 21
Don't get romantic , Billy . Sometimes I begin to fear that there's Irish blood in your ancestry . ” ' I never saw her either , ” went on Keogh ; they say she's got all the ladies of mythology , sculpture , and fiction reduced to ...
Don't get romantic , Billy . Sometimes I begin to fear that there's Irish blood in your ancestry . ” ' I never saw her either , ” went on Keogh ; they say she's got all the ladies of mythology , sculpture , and fiction reduced to ...
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admiral American Anchuria asked bananas beach began Billy Blythe boat bottle brought capital captain carried chair cigar Clancy close coast 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 lady land light looked means Mellinger minutes morning move native never night once paint passed picture play president republic running says seemed Señor shoes shore side sitting sloop smile soon Spanish speak stand steamer steps stood street tell there's thing thought thousand told took town tree tropics turned Twas waiting walked White York young
Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Cabbages and Kings American fiction IV, 1901-1905 |
| Autore | O. Henry |
| Editore | A. L. Burt Company, 1904 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | l'Università della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 310 pagine |
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