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 90
“ That's old H. P. Mellinger , ” explained Keogh , dropping back into his chair . “ He's going back to New York . He was private secretary of the late hot - foot president of this grocery and fruit stand that they call a country .
“ That's old H. P. Mellinger , ” explained Keogh , dropping back into his chair . “ He's going back to New York . He was private secretary of the late hot - foot president of this grocery and fruit stand that they call a country .
Pagina 99
“ Mellinger , ' says the man — Homer P. Mel- linger . Boys , you're confiscated . You're babes in the wood without a chaperon or referee , and it's my duty to start you going . I'll knock out the props and launch you proper in the ...
“ Mellinger , ' says the man — Homer P. Mel- linger . Boys , you're confiscated . You're babes in the wood without a chaperon or referee , and it's my duty to start you going . I'll knock out the props and launch you proper in the ...
Pagina 100
Everywhere we found doors open we went inside and set the machine going , and Mellinger called upon the people to observe the artful music and his two lifelong friends , the Señors Americanos . The opera chorus was agitated with esteem ...
Everywhere we found doors open we went inside and set the machine going , and Mellinger called upon the people to observe the artful music and his two lifelong friends , the Señors Americanos . The opera chorus was agitated with esteem ...
Pagina 101
There isn't a law goes before Congress , there isn't concession granted , there isn't an import duty levied but what H. P. Mellinger he cooks and seasons it . In the front office I fill the president's inkstand and search visiting ...
There isn't a law goes before Congress , there isn't concession granted , there isn't an import duty levied but what H. P. Mellinger he cooks and seasons it . In the front office I fill the president's inkstand and search visiting ...
Pagina 102
Thus Homer P. Mellinger made oration to me and Henry Horsecollar . And , later , he divested himself of this remark : “ ' Boys , I'm to hold a soirée this evening with a gang of leading citizens , and I want your assistance .
Thus Homer P. Mellinger made oration to me and Henry Horsecollar . And , later , he divested himself of this remark : “ ' Boys , I'm to hold a soirée this evening with a gang of leading citizens , and I want your assistance .
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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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