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 13
Fifty yards away , on the seaward side of the street , stood the abode of the consul for the United States . Out from the door of this building tumbled Goodwin at the call . He had been smoking with Willard Geddie , the consul , on the ...
Fifty yards away , on the seaward side of the street , stood the abode of the consul for the United States . Out from the door of this building tumbled Goodwin at the call . He had been smoking with Willard Geddie , the consul , on the ...
Pagina 24
... had been a mestizo lady , and the Spanish blood had brought to Paula a certain shyness that was an adornment to the other half of her demonstrative nature . 9 II THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE WILLARD GEDDIE , consul 24 Cabbages and Kings.
... had been a mestizo lady , and the Spanish blood had brought to Paula a certain shyness that was an adornment to the other half of her demonstrative nature . 9 II THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE WILLARD GEDDIE , consul 24 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 25
consul. for. the. United. States. in Coralio , was working leisurely on his yearly report . ... much coveted porch , had found him so absorbed in his work that he departed after roundly abusing the consul for his lack of hospitality .
consul. for. the. United. States. in Coralio , was working leisurely on his yearly report . ... much coveted porch , had found him so absorbed in his work that he departed after roundly abusing the consul for his lack of hospitality .
Pagina 26
A little thrill of satisfaction ran through the consul . Perhaps , he thought , the State Department , upon reading his introduction , would notice — and then he , leaned back in his chair and laughed . He was getting as bad as the ...
A little thrill of satisfaction ran through the consul . Perhaps , he thought , the State Department , upon reading his introduction , would notice — and then he , leaned back in his chair and laughed . He was getting as bad as the ...
Pagina 27
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 customs officials was rowing back from the ...
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 customs officials was rowing back from the ...
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