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 23
... the Hotel de los Estranjeros , the residence of the Vesuvius Fruit Company's
agent , the store and residence of Bernard Brannigan , a ruined cathedral in
which Columbus had once set foot , and , most imposing of all , the Casa Morena
- the ...
... the Hotel de los Estranjeros , the residence of the Vesuvius Fruit Company's
agent , the store and residence of Bernard Brannigan , a ruined cathedral in
which Columbus had once set foot , and , most imposing of all , the Casa Morena
- the ...
Pagina 27
Geddie laid down his pen and gathered his Panama hat and umbrella . By the
sound he knew it to be the Valhalla , one of the line of fruit vessels plying for the
Vesuvius Company . Down to niņos of five years , everyone in Coralio could
name ...
Geddie laid down his pen and gathered his Panama hat and umbrella . By the
sound he knew it to be the Valhalla , one of the line of fruit vessels plying for the
Vesuvius Company . Down to niņos of five years , everyone in Coralio could
name ...
Pagina 34
The waving cocoanut palms on the beach flared their decorative green leaves
against the slate of an almost quiescent sea . His senses were cognizant of
brilliant scarlet and ochres amid the vert of the coppice , of odours of fruit and
bloom and ...
The waving cocoanut palms on the beach flared their decorative green leaves
against the slate of an almost quiescent sea . His senses were cognizant of
brilliant scarlet and ochres amid the vert of the coppice , of odours of fruit and
bloom and ...
Pagina 45
On the fourth day after the receipt of Englehart's telegram the Karlsefin , a
Norwegian steamer chartered by the New Orleans fruit trade , anchored off
Coralio with three hoarse toots of her siren . The Karlsefin was not one of the line
operated by ...
On the fourth day after the receipt of Englehart's telegram the Karlsefin , a
Norwegian steamer chartered by the New Orleans fruit trade , anchored off
Coralio with three hoarse toots of her siren . The Karlsefin was not one of the line
operated by ...
Pagina 46
The purser declared that the steamer would remain at anchor until morning ,
taking on her fruit during the night . The Karlsefin had come , he said , from New
York , to which port her latest load of oranges and cocoanuts had been conveyed
.
The purser declared that the steamer would remain at anchor until morning ,
taking on her fruit during the night . The Karlsefin had come , he said , from New
York , to which port her latest load of oranges and cocoanuts had been conveyed
.
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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'Universitā della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 310 pagine |
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