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 14
It had been his task to send a confidential message to his friend in Coralio . This could not have been accomplished in either Spanish or English , for the eye politic in Anchuria was an active one .
It had been his task to send a confidential message to his friend in Coralio . This could not have been accomplished in either Spanish or English , for the eye politic in Anchuria was an active one .
Pagina 27
merce in Coralio , and speak of it , over the cheese and beer , to a friend . He had just written : “ Most unaccountable is the supineness of the large exporters in the United States in permitting the French and German houses to ...
merce in Coralio , and speak of it , over the cheese and beer , to a friend . He had just written : “ Most unaccountable is the supineness of the large exporters in the United States in permitting the French and German houses to ...
Pagina 32
During the twelve months of his life in Coralio no word had passed between them , though he had sometimes heard of her through the dilatory correspondence with the few friends to whom he still wrote . Still he could not repress a little ...
During the twelve months of his life in Coralio no word had passed between them , though he had sometimes heard of her through the dilatory correspondence with the few friends to whom he still wrote . Still he could not repress a little ...
Pagina 42
“ Go up , Simon , ” called the mate , " and find Dr. , Gregg or Mr. Goodwin or anybody that's a friend to Mr. Geddie , and bring ' em here at once . " “ Saints of the skies ! ” said Simon , sleepily , “ nothing has happened to Mr.
“ Go up , Simon , ” called the mate , " and find Dr. , Gregg or Mr. Goodwin or anybody that's a friend to Mr. Geddie , and bring ' em here at once . " “ Saints of the skies ! ” said Simon , sleepily , “ nothing has happened to Mr.
Pagina 48
On that night when the Valhalla's boat had brought him ashore apparently drenched to death by the sea , Doctor Gregg and his other friends had toiled for hours to preserve the little spark of life that remained to him .
On that night when the Valhalla's boat had brought him ashore apparently drenched to death by the sea , Doctor Gregg and his other friends had toiled for hours to preserve the little spark of life that remained to him .
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