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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What kind of a way is that of representing your government ? " Goodwin strolled out and across to the hotel to see if he could bully the quarantine doctor into a game on Coralio's solitary billiard table . His plans were completed for ...
What kind of a way is that of representing your government ? " Goodwin strolled out and across to the hotel to see if he could bully the quarantine doctor into a game on Coralio's solitary billiard table . His plans were completed for ...
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... many kinds were to be seen , but in the roadstead off Coralio scarcely The Lotus and the Bottle 27.
... many kinds were to be seen , but in the roadstead off Coralio scarcely The Lotus and the Bottle 27.
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“ I wanted to go somewhere in the world where they didn't talk about farms . There are none here , are there ? ' “ Not the kind you are acquainted with , " answered the ex - consul . “ There is no such art here as agriculture .
“ I wanted to go somewhere in the world where they didn't talk about farms . There are none here , are there ? ' “ Not the kind you are acquainted with , " answered the ex - consul . “ There is no such art here as agriculture .
Pagina 90
Mellinger had a graft in this country that was the only thing of its kind in the world . The tooting machine saved it for him once , and he always carried it around with him afterward . ” “ Tell me about it , ” demanded Johnny ...
Mellinger had a graft in this country that was the only thing of its kind in the world . The tooting machine saved it for him once , and he always carried it around with him afterward . ” “ Tell me about it , ” demanded Johnny ...
Pagina 92
Henry was a quarterbreed , quarter - back Cherokee , educated East in the idioms of football , and West in contraband whisky , and a gentleman , the same as you and me . easy and romping in his ways ; a man about six foot , with a kind ...
Henry was a quarterbreed , quarter - back Cherokee , educated East in the idioms of football , and West in contraband whisky , and a gentleman , the same as you and me . easy and romping in his ways ; a man about six foot , with a kind ...
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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'Università della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 310 pagine |
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