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 28
At night a sloop or two would be making strange trips in and out along the shore ; and in the morning the stock of ThreeStar Hennessey , wines and dry goods in Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the ...
At night a sloop or two would be making strange trips in and out along the shore ; and in the morning the stock of ThreeStar Hennessey , wines and dry goods in Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the ...
Pagina 33
sea and mountains , and the many shapes of love and magic and beauty that bloomed in the white tropic nights - with all he was more than content . Also , there was Paula Brannigan . Geddie intended to marry Paula — if , of course ...
sea and mountains , and the many shapes of love and magic and beauty that bloomed in the white tropic nights - with all he was more than content . Also , there was Paula Brannigan . Geddie intended to marry Paula — if , of course ...
Pagina 37
Throwing off his hat and coat , and lighting a lamp — for the night had crowded precipitately upon the brief twilight — he began to examine his piece of sea - salvage . By holding the bottle near the light and turning it judiciously ...
Throwing off his hat and coat , and lighting a lamp — for the night had crowded precipitately upon the brief twilight — he began to examine his piece of sea - salvage . By holding the bottle near the light and turning it judiciously ...
Pagina 40
When Geddie kissed Paula at her door that night he was happier than he had ever been before . in this hollow lotus land , ever to live and lie reclined ” seemed to him , as it has seemed to many mariners , the best as well as the ...
When Geddie kissed Paula at her door that night he was happier than he had ever been before . in this hollow lotus land , ever to live and lie reclined ” seemed to him , as it has seemed to many mariners , the best as well as the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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