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 3
... one hundred thousand dollars , government funds , which he carried with him in an American leather valise as a souvenir of his tempestuous administration , was never afterward recovered . For a real , a boy will show you his grave .
... one hundred thousand dollars , government funds , which he carried with him in an American leather valise as a souvenir of his tempestuous administration , was never afterward recovered . For a real , a boy will show you his grave .
Pagina 9
Add to these a little love and counterplotting , and scatter everywhere throughout the maze a trail of tropical dollars — dollars warmed no more by the torrid sun than by the hot palms of the scouts of Fortune and , after all ...
Add to these a little love and counterplotting , and scatter everywhere throughout the maze a trail of tropical dollars — dollars warmed no more by the torrid sun than by the hot palms of the scouts of Fortune and , after all ...
Pagina 21
... and he'll turn monkey and climb trees to pick cocoanuts for her . Think of that president man with Lord knows how many hundreds of thousands of dollars in one hand , and this muslin siren in the other , galloping down hill on a ...
... and he'll turn monkey and climb trees to pick cocoanuts for her . Think of that president man with Lord knows how many hundreds of thousands of dollars in one hand , and this muslin siren in the other , galloping down hill on a ...
Pagina 68
“ You have guests in the house to - night , ” said Goodwin , laying a silver dollar upon the counter . > see > “ Why not ? ” said Madama , 68 Cabbages and Kings.
“ You have guests in the house to - night , ” said Goodwin , laying a silver dollar upon the counter . > see > “ Why not ? ” said Madama , 68 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 93
At three dollars the crowd fought for the tickers . The man happened to find a valise full of them handy , and he passed them out like putting hot biscuits on a plate . The backs were hard to unscrew , but the crowd put its ear to the ...
At three dollars the crowd fought for the tickers . The man happened to find a valise full of them handy , and he passed them out like putting hot biscuits on a plate . The backs were hard to unscrew , but the crowd put its ear to the ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Cabbages and Kings American fiction IV, 1901-1905 |
| Autore | O. Henry |
| Editore | A. L. Burt Company, 1904 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | l'Università della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 310 pagine |
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