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 19
O. Henry. “ By the mule - back schedule , ” said Keogh , “ it's five days down from
San Mateo . We've got plenty of time to set our outposts . There's only three
places on the coast where they can hope to sail from — here and Solitas and
Alazan .
O. Henry. “ By the mule - back schedule , ” said Keogh , “ it's five days down from
San Mateo . We've got plenty of time to set our outposts . There's only three
places on the coast where they can hope to sail from — here and Solitas and
Alazan .
Pagina 31
Mr. Tolliver , with a party of favoured guests , would sail the next day on a six
weeks ' cruise along the Central American and South American coasts and
among the Bahama Islands . Among the guests were Mrs. Cumberland Payne
and Miss ...
Mr. Tolliver , with a party of favoured guests , would sail the next day on a six
weeks ' cruise along the Central American and South American coasts and
among the Bahama Islands . Among the guests were Mrs. Cumberland Payne
and Miss ...
Pagina 88
Offshore lay the fruit steamer Andador , of the Vesuvius line , full - laden and
scheduled to sail at six in the morning . There were no loiterers on the beach . So
bright was the moonlight that the two men could see the small pebbles shining on
...
Offshore lay the fruit steamer Andador , of the Vesuvius line , full - laden and
scheduled to sail at six in the morning . There were no loiterers on the beach . So
bright was the moonlight that the two men could see the small pebbles shining on
...
Pagina 89
The authority of the sea and the tropics , the mystery that attends unknown sails ,
and the prestige of drifting music on moonlit waters gave it an anodynous charm .
Johnny Atwood felt it , and thought of Dalesburg ; but as soon as Keogh's mind ...
The authority of the sea and the tropics , the mystery that attends unknown sails ,
and the prestige of drifting music on moonlit waters gave it an anodynous charm .
Johnny Atwood felt it , and thought of Dalesburg ; but as soon as Keogh's mind ...
Pagina 90
eccentric way until at last its white sail was lost to sight against the larger bulk of
the fruiter's side . 6 That's old H. P. Mellinger , ” explained Keogh , dropping back
into his chair . ' He's going back to New York . He was private secretary of the ...
eccentric way until at last its white sail was lost to sight against the larger bulk of
the fruiter's side . 6 That's old H. P. Mellinger , ” explained Keogh , dropping back
into his chair . ' He's going back to New York . He was private secretary of the ...
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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'Universitā della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 310 pagine |
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