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 31
... cigar , and looked out upon the on dit sea . He felt a glow of satisfaction at
finding The Lotus and the Bottle 31.
... cigar , and looked out upon the on dit sea . He felt a glow of satisfaction at
finding The Lotus and the Bottle 31.
Pagina 37
... in Geddie's eyes as he set the bottle down , and laid three cigars side by side
on his desk . He fetched his steamer chair from the gallery , and stretched himself
comfortably . He would smoke those three cigars while considering the problem .
... in Geddie's eyes as he set the bottle down , and laid three cigars side by side
on his desk . He fetched his steamer chair from the gallery , and stretched himself
comfortably . He would smoke those three cigars while considering the problem .
Pagina 41
Then , very deliberately , he lighted a cigar , and took the bottle in his hand , and
walked down the path to the beach . There was a moon , and the sea was
glorious . The breeze had shifted , as it did each evening , and was now rushing ...
Then , very deliberately , he lighted a cigar , and took the bottle in his hand , and
walked down the path to the beach . There was a moon , and the sea was
glorious . The breeze had shifted , as it did each evening , and was now rushing ...
Pagina 59
On the sandy beach , with his back against a cocoanut - tree and the stubs of
many cigars lying around him , Smith sat waiting , never relaxing his sharp gaze
in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated his
...
On the sandy beach , with his back against a cocoanut - tree and the stubs of
many cigars lying around him , Smith sat waiting , never relaxing his sharp gaze
in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated his
...
Pagina 61
In the nick of time he shall come to tell us why he strewed so many anxious cigar
stumps around the cocoanut palm that night . This he must do ; for , when he
sailed away before the dawn in his yacht Rambler , he carried with him the
answer ...
In the nick of time he shall come to tell us why he strewed so many anxious cigar
stumps around the cocoanut palm that night . This he must do ; for , when he
sailed away before the dawn in his yacht Rambler , he carried with him the
answer ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Cabbages and Kings American fiction IV, 1901-1905 The complete edition of O. Henry |
| Autore | O. Henry |
| Editore | A.L. Burt Company, 1904 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | l'Università della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 312 pagine |
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