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 46
About four o'clock in the afternoon another of those marine monsters , not very
familiar in those waters , hove in sight , following the fateful Idalia — a graceful
steam yacht , painted a light buff , clean - cut as a steel engraving . The beautiful
...
About four o'clock in the afternoon another of those marine monsters , not very
familiar in those waters , hove in sight , following the fateful Idalia — a graceful
steam yacht , painted a light buff , clean - cut as a steel engraving . The beautiful
...
Pagina 77
But why , he angrily asked himself , should he be so well pleased to think this
wandering and unscrupulous singer not so black as report had painted her ? A
noise in the other room startled them both . The door swung open , and a tall ,
elderly ...
But why , he angrily asked himself , should he be so well pleased to think this
wandering and unscrupulous singer not so black as report had painted her ? A
noise in the other room startled them both . The door swung open , and a tall ,
elderly ...
Pagina 100
... and made orchid collections , and then had enough left to purchase the
colored vote of his country . Henry and me wondered what his graft was . One
evening he told was us . “ Boys , ' said he , “ I've deceived you . You think I'm a
painted ...
... and made orchid collections , and then had enough left to purchase the
colored vote of his country . Henry and me wondered what his graft was . One
evening he told was us . “ Boys , ' said he , “ I've deceived you . You think I'm a
painted ...
Pagina 103
It's one of my little chores as private secretary to smell out these revolutions and
affix the kibosh before they break out and scratch the paint off the government
property . That's why I'm down here now in this mildewed coast town . The
governor ...
It's one of my little chores as private secretary to smell out these revolutions and
affix the kibosh before they break out and scratch the paint off the government
property . That's why I'm down here now in this mildewed coast town . The
governor ...
Pagina 139
... of white paint trimmed with blue . And then Felipe further adorned himcame .
self by fastening a handful of brilliant parrots plumes The Admiral 139.
... of white paint trimmed with blue . And then Felipe further adorned himcame .
self by fastening a handful of brilliant parrots plumes The Admiral 139.
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Cabbages and Kings American fiction IV, 1901-1905 The complete edition of O. Henry |
| Autore | O. Henry |
| Editore | A. L. Burt Company, 1904 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | l'Università della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 312 pagine |
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