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
... and that 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 ...
... and that 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 , here seems to be ...
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 , here seems to be ...
Pagina 21
... at a man once , 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
...
... at a man once , 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
...
Pagina 68
... been well accomplished . “ You have guests in the house to - night , ” said
Goodwin , laying a silver dollar upon the counter . 2 see Why not ? ” said
Madama , counting the 68 Cabbages and Kings.
... been well accomplished . “ You have guests in the house to - night , ” said
Goodwin , laying a silver dollar upon the counter . 2 see Why not ? ” said
Madama , counting the 68 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 93
A man stood on a box and passed around some gold watches , screw case , stem
- winders , Elgin movement , very elegant . Twenty bucks they cost you over the
counter . At three dollars the crowd fought for the tickers . The man happened to ...
A man stood on a box and passed around some gold watches , screw case , stem
- winders , Elgin movement , very elegant . Twenty bucks they cost you over the
counter . At three dollars the crowd fought for the tickers . The man happened to ...
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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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