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 27
... coming steamer by the note of her siren . The consul sauntered by a roundabout , shaded way to the beach . By reason of long practice he gauged his stroll so accurately that by the time he arrived on the sandy shore the boat of the ...
... coming steamer by the note of her siren . The consul sauntered by a roundabout , shaded way to the beach . By reason of long practice he gauged his stroll so accurately that by the time he arrived on the sandy shore the boat of the ...
Pagina 44
... coming of the quarry . The nets were well spread . The roads were so few , the opportunities for embarkation so limited , and the two or three probable points of exit so well guarded that it would be strange indeed if there should slip ...
... coming of the quarry . The nets were well spread . The roads were so few , the opportunities for embarkation so limited , and the two or three probable points of exit so well guarded that it would be strange indeed if there should slip ...
Pagina 64
... coming soon to its close . Goodwin , at his deliberate gait , passed the long , low cuartel where Coralio's contingent of Anchuria's military force slumbered , with its bare toes pointed heavenward . There was a law that no civilian ...
... coming soon to its close . Goodwin , at his deliberate gait , passed the long , low cuartel where Coralio's contingent of Anchuria's military force slumbered , with its bare toes pointed heavenward . There was a law that no civilian ...
Pagina 109
... coming in a bunch to obstruct the legislation of Mellinger . You may say there were three of us , for me and Henry , simultaneous , declared New York City and the Cherokee Nation in sympathy with the weaker party . " Then it was that ...
... coming in a bunch to obstruct the legislation of Mellinger . You may say there were three of us , for me and Henry , simultaneous , declared New York City and the Cherokee Nation in sympathy with the weaker party . " Then it was that ...
Pagina 111
... coming back to New York as soon as I can make a stake honest . ' " Me and Henry laid low until the day the steamer came back . When we saw the captain's boat on the beach we went down and stood in the edge of the water . The captain ...
... coming back to New York as soon as I can make a stake honest . ' " Me and Henry laid low until the day the steamer came back . When we saw the captain's boat on the beach we went down and stood in the edge of the water . The captain ...
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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 Señor Goodwin señorita 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