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 95
Twas a palatable enough place to look at . The houses were clean and white ; and to look at ' em stuck around among the scenery they reminded you of hard - boiled eggs served with lettuce . There was a block of skyscraper mountains in ...
Twas a palatable enough place to look at . The houses were clean and white ; and to look at ' em stuck around among the scenery they reminded you of hard - boiled eggs served with lettuce . There was a block of skyscraper mountains in ...
Pagina 98
Twas a good - sized room , dark and cheerful , but small . ' Twas on a various street , diversified by houses and conservatory plants . The peasantry of the city passed to and fro on the fine pasturage between the sidewalks .
Twas a good - sized room , dark and cheerful , but small . ' Twas on a various street , diversified by houses and conservatory plants . The peasantry of the city passed to and fro on the fine pasturage between the sidewalks .
Pagina 104
“ That night , according to arrangements , me and Henry took the phonograph to a room in a ' dobe house in a dirty side street , where the grass was knee 66 high . ' Twas a long room , lit with 104 Cabbages and Kings.
“ That night , according to arrangements , me and Henry took the phonograph to a room in a ' dobe house in a dirty side street , where the grass was knee 66 high . ' Twas a long room , lit with 104 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 105
Twas a long room , lit with smoky oil lamps . There was plenty of chairs , and a table at the back end . We set the phonograph on the table . Mellinger was there , walking up and down , disturbed in his predicaments .
Twas a long room , lit with smoky oil lamps . There was plenty of chairs , and a table at the back end . We set the phonograph on the table . Mellinger was there , walking up and down , disturbed in his predicaments .
Pagina 162
“ ' Tis elegant weather for filibusterin ' , ” he volunteered . “ It reminds me of the time I struggled to liberate a nation from the poisonous breath of a tyrant's clutch . ' Twas hard work . ' Tis strainin ' to ' the back and makes ...
“ ' Tis elegant weather for filibusterin ' , ” he volunteered . “ It reminds me of the time I struggled to liberate a nation from the poisonous breath of a tyrant's clutch . ' Twas hard work . ' Tis strainin ' to ' the back and makes ...
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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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