Cabbages and KingsA. L. Burt Company, 1904 - 312 pagine O. Henry wove together several stories into this highly episodic narrative. Set in the fictional country of Coralio in Central America, a banana republic where larceny is rampant and revolution lurks in every impoverished back alley, this novel offers cutting satire of contemporary politics and prejudices. Yet, in the end, lovers are reunited, poverty obliterated, and sentiment satisfied. |
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Pagina 11
... el ! " The word passed quickly . Telegrams do not often come to anyone in Coralio . The cry for Señor Good- win was taken up by a dozen officious voices . The 66 main street running parallel to the beach became pop- 11 I.
... el ! " The word passed quickly . Telegrams do not often come to anyone in Coralio . The cry for Señor Good- win was taken up by a dozen officious voices . The 66 main street running parallel to the beach became pop- 11 I.
Pagina 23
... passed the house of Bernard Brannigan . It was a modern wooden building , two stories in height . The ground floor was occupied by Brannigan's store , the upper one contained the living apartments . A wide cool porch ran around the ...
... passed the house of Bernard Brannigan . It was a modern wooden building , two stories in height . The ground floor was occupied by Brannigan's store , the upper one contained the living apartments . A wide cool porch ran around the ...
Pagina 32
... passed between them , though he had sometimes heard of her through the dilatory correspondence with the few friends to whom he still wrote . Still he could not repress a little thrill of satisfaction at knowing that she had not yet ...
... passed between them , though he had sometimes heard of her through the dilatory correspondence with the few friends to whom he still wrote . Still he could not repress a little thrill of satisfaction at knowing that she had not yet ...
Pagina 35
... passing of the Idalia had done for him still more . It had brought the calm and peace of a situation from which all uncertainty had been erased . He ... passed without a sign , not even his unconscious self need The Lotus and the Bottle 35.
... passing of the Idalia had done for him still more . It had brought the calm and peace of a situation from which all uncertainty had been erased . He ... passed without a sign , not even his unconscious self need The Lotus and the Bottle 35.
Pagina 38
... passing and the wind blowing fairly toward the shore . As soon as Geddie reached this conclusion a wrinkle came between his brows and a stubborn look settled around his mouth . He sat looking out through the 38 Cabbages and Kings.
... passing and the wind blowing fairly toward the shore . As soon as Geddie reached this conclusion a wrinkle came between his brows and a stubborn look settled around his mouth . He sat looking out through the 38 Cabbages and Kings.
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admiral aguardiente American Anchuria Atwood bananas beach Beelzebub Billy Keogh Blythe boat bottle captain Caribs Casa Morena chair cigar Clancy coast cocoanut Colonel Falcon consul Coralio crew Dalesburg dark Dicky dollars Don Sabas door drink El Nacional Estebán eyes face Felipe flag friends Geddie graft grass Gregg Guatemala hand head Hemstetter honour Johnny Johnny's Karlsefin lady land laughed looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic Rosine sail sand says seemed Señor Goodwin señorita shoes shore sloop smile smoke Spanish Spanish Main steamer steps stood street tell there's thing thousand tintype took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla