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
A plain slab of wood stands at its head . Some one has burned upon the headstone with a hot iron this inscription : RAMON ANGEL DE LAS CRUZES Y MIRAFLORES PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA DE ANCHURIA QUE SEA SU JUEZ DIOS It is characteristic ...
A plain slab of wood stands at its head . Some one has burned upon the headstone with a hot iron this inscription : RAMON ANGEL DE LAS CRUZES Y MIRAFLORES PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA DE ANCHURIA QUE SEA SU JUEZ DIOS It is characteristic ...
Pagina 4
... the young American opera singer ; and how , being apprehended by members of the opposing political party in Coralio , he shot himself through the head rather than give up the funds , and , in conse quence , the Seņorita Guilbert .
... the young American opera singer ; and how , being apprehended by members of the opposing political party in Coralio , he shot himself through the head rather than give up the funds , and , in conse quence , the Seņorita Guilbert .
Pagina 18
“ You've got a fine sporting game head with · All Around the Rosebush . The spirit of “ Fox - in - theMorning ' is opposed to the holding of hands . I'll tell you how it's played . This president man and his companion in play ...
“ You've got a fine sporting game head with · All Around the Rosebush . The spirit of “ Fox - in - theMorning ' is opposed to the holding of hands . I'll tell you how it's played . This president man and his companion in play ...
Pagina 22
... dwindled to nothing ; and here were set the palm - thatched huts of the Caribs and the poorer natives , and the shabby cabins of negroes from Jamaica and the West India islands . A few structures raised their heads above the 22 ...
... dwindled to nothing ; and here were set the palm - thatched huts of the Caribs and the poorer natives , and the shabby cabins of negroes from Jamaica and the West India islands . A few structures raised their heads above the 22 ...
Pagina 23
A few structures raised their heads above the red - tiled roofs of the one - story houses — the bell tower of the Calaboza , the Hotel de los Estranjeros , the residence of the Vesuvius Fruit Company's agent , the store and residence of ...
A few structures raised their heads above the red - tiled roofs of the one - story houses — the bell tower of the Calaboza , the Hotel de los Estranjeros , the residence of the Vesuvius Fruit Company's agent , the store and residence of ...
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