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 167
... . ' " " " Twill not , ' says I , haughty . I'll pay my own passage . ' A hundred and eighty dollars I had in my inside pocket , and ' twas no common filibuster I was goin ' to be , filibusterin ' for me board The Shamrock and the Palm 167.
... . ' " " " Twill not , ' says I , haughty . I'll pay my own passage . ' A hundred and eighty dollars I had in my inside pocket , and ' twas no common filibuster I was goin ' to be , filibusterin ' for me board The Shamrock and the Palm 167.
Pagina 243
... filibuster now sojourning in his down - trodden country . Off you go . " The victoria sped away with the artist . Keogh walked up and down , puffing great clouds of smoke from his pipe , and waited . In an hour the victoria swept again ...
... filibuster now sojourning in his down - trodden country . Off you go . " The victoria sped away with the artist . Keogh walked up and down , puffing great clouds of smoke from his pipe , and waited . In an hour the victoria swept again ...
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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