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 22
... here were set the palm - thatched huts of the Caribs and the poorer natives , and the shabby cabins of negroes from Jamaica and the West India the bell islands . A few structures raised their heads 22 Cabbages and Kings.
... here were set the palm - thatched huts of the Caribs and the poorer natives , and the shabby cabins of negroes from Jamaica and the West India the bell islands . A few structures raised their heads 22 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 46
... Caribs began to load upon lighters the thousands of bunches of bananas heaped upon the shore and row them out to the steamer . The Karlsefin had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities . The purser ...
... Caribs began to load upon lighters the thousands of bunches of bananas heaped upon the shore and row them out to the steamer . The Karlsefin had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities . The purser ...
Pagina 59
... Caribs were busy loading her by means of the great lighters heaped full from the piles of fruit ranged upon the shore . On the sandy beach , with his back against a cocoa- nut - tree and the stubs of many cigars lying around him , Smith ...
... Caribs were busy loading her by means of the great lighters heaped full from the piles of fruit ranged upon the shore . On the sandy beach , with his back against a cocoa- nut - tree and the stubs of many cigars lying around him , Smith ...
Pagina 73
... Caribs and blackamoors . No sidewalks to speak of , no amusements . Rather unmoral . That's an offhand sketch , of course . " " Are there any inducements , say in a social or in a business way , for people to reside here ? 66 99 ' Oh ...
... Caribs and blackamoors . No sidewalks to speak of , no amusements . Rather unmoral . That's an offhand sketch , of course . " " Are there any inducements , say in a social or in a business way , for people to reside here ? 66 99 ' Oh ...
Pagina 138
... Caribs , bare to the waist , the sand spurting in showers from the spring of their naked feet . Briefly and with dignity Felipe demanded his vessel of the collector . And now a fresh honour awaited him . The collector's wife , who ...
... Caribs , bare to the waist , the sand spurting in showers from the spring of their naked feet . Briefly and with dignity Felipe demanded his vessel of the collector . And now a fresh honour awaited him . The collector's wife , who ...
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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 Seņor Goodwin seņorita 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