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 3
... revolution ; and that one hundred thou- sand dollars , government funds , which he carried with him in an American leather valise as a souvenir of his tempestuous administration , was never afterward recovered . For a real , a boy will ...
... revolution ; and that one hundred thou- sand dollars , government funds , which he carried with him in an American leather valise as a souvenir of his tempestuous administration , was never afterward recovered . For a real , a boy will ...
Pagina 13
... revolution . " Goodwin had strolled up the street and met the boy with the message . The ox - eyed women gazed at him with shy admiration , for his type drew them . He was big , blonde , and jauntily dressed in white linen , with ...
... revolution . " Goodwin had strolled up the street and met the boy with the message . The ox - eyed women gazed at him with shy admiration , for his type drew them . He was big , blonde , and jauntily dressed in white linen , with ...
Pagina 15
... revolutionary party ; and to it he had always allied himself ; for the ad- herents of a new administration received the rewards of their labours ... revolution , and now Englehart's telegram had come as a 66 15 Fox - in - the - Morning "
... revolutionary party ; and to it he had always allied himself ; for the ad- herents of a new administration received the rewards of their labours ... revolution , and now Englehart's telegram had come as a 66 15 Fox - in - the - Morning "
Pagina 16
O. Henry. revolution , and now Englehart's telegram had come as a corroboration of his wisdom . The telegram , which had remained unintelligible to the Anchurian linguists who had applied to it in vain their knowledge of Spanish and ...
O. Henry. revolution , and now Englehart's telegram had come as a corroboration of his wisdom . The telegram , which had remained unintelligible to the Anchurian linguists who had applied to it in vain their knowledge of Spanish and ...
Pagina 50
... revolutions come from . I had no idea there was so much scenery down here . Why , Central Park ain't in it with this neck of the woods . I'm from New York . They get monkeys , and cocoanuts , and par- rots down here — is that right ? 99 ...
... revolutions come from . I had no idea there was so much scenery down here . Why , Central Park ain't in it with this neck of the woods . I'm from New York . They get monkeys , and cocoanuts , and par- rots down here — is that right ? 99 ...
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