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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One gets neither civility nor servYou won't talk ; and you won't set out anything to
drink . 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 ...
One gets neither civility nor servYou won't talk ; and you won't set out anything to
drink . 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 ...
Pagina 87
I didn't take this job with any intention of working , ” explained Johnny , lazily . “ 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 ...
I didn't take this job with any intention of working , ” explained Johnny , lazily . “ 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 ...
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 . ” 66 Tell me about it , ” demanded Johnny , betraying interest .
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 . ” 66 Tell me about it , ” demanded Johnny , betraying interest .
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
of ...
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
of ...
Pagina 96
... wine , and struck him for a horoscope . He was a thin , youngish kind of man , I
should say past fifty , sort of French - Irish in his affections , and puffed up 96
Cabbages and Kings.
... wine , and struck him for a horoscope . He was a thin , youngish kind of man , I
should say past fifty , sort of French - Irish in his affections , and puffed up 96
Cabbages and Kings.
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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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