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 35
Lazily interested , he watched this blur increase until it became the Idalia
steaming at full speed , coming down the coast . Without changing his position he
kept his eyes upon the beautiful white yacht as she drew swiftly near , and came
...
Lazily interested , he watched this blur increase until it became the Idalia
steaming at full speed , coming down the coast . Without changing his position he
kept his eyes upon the beautiful white yacht as she drew swiftly near , and came
...
Pagina 44
After this was done there remained only to cover the district about Coralio and
await the 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 ...
After this was done there remained only to cover the district about Coralio and
await the 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 ...
Pagina 64
The game of Fox - in - the - Morning should be 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 .
The game of Fox - in - the - Morning should be 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 .
Pagina 109
Here was fifty odd Latin men 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 ...
Here was fifty odd Latin men 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 ...
Pagina 111
And if you ever happen to see Billy Renfrow again before I do , tell him I'm
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 ...
And if you ever happen to see Billy Renfrow again before I do , tell him I'm
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 ...
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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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