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 166
... Vega that he shall to his country bring those success and glory ! It is hard - oh , so hard to find good mans to help in the work . ' " Monseer , ' says I , leanin ' over the table and graspin ' his hand , ' I don't know where your ...
... Vega that he shall to his country bring those success and glory ! It is hard - oh , so hard to find good mans to help in the work . ' " Monseer , ' says I , leanin ' over the table and graspin ' his hand , ' I don't know where your ...
Pagina 167
... Vega was overcome with joy to con- fiscate my condolence of his conspiracies and predic- aments . He tried to embrace me across the table , but his fatness , and the wine that had been in the bot- tles , prevented . Thus was I welcomed ...
... Vega was overcome with joy to con- fiscate my condolence of his conspiracies and predic- aments . He tried to embrace me across the table , but his fatness , and the wine that had been in the bot- tles , prevented . Thus was I welcomed ...
Pagina 169
... Vega headed the revolution , as it pulled out of the seaport town . That train travelled about as fast as a police- man goin ' to a riot . It penetrated the most con- spicuous lot of fuzzy scenery ever seen outside a geography . We run ...
... Vega headed the revolution , as it pulled out of the seaport town . That train travelled about as fast as a police- man goin ' to a riot . It penetrated the most con- spicuous lot of fuzzy scenery ever seen outside a geography . We run ...
Pagina 171
... Vega man , who was smokin ' a cigar and gazin ' upon the scene with satisfactions and glory . He smiles at me polite and devilish . Plenty work , ' says he , for big , strong mans in Guatemala . Yes . T'irty dollars in the month . Good ...
... Vega man , who was smokin ' a cigar and gazin ' upon the scene with satisfactions and glory . He smiles at me polite and devilish . Plenty work , ' says he , for big , strong mans in Guatemala . Yes . T'irty dollars in the month . Good ...
Pagina 174
... Vega ? ' " " " Tis the man , ' says Halloran , ' who is tryin ' to complete the finishin ' of the railroad . ' Twas the project of a private corporation , but it busted , and then the government took it up . De Vegy is 174 Cabbages and ...
... Vega ? ' " " " Tis the man , ' says Halloran , ' who is tryin ' to complete the finishin ' of the railroad . ' Twas the project of a private corporation , but it busted , and then the government took it up . De Vegy is 174 Cabbages and ...
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