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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O. Henry. * The time has come , " the Walrus said , “ To talk of many things ; of
shoes and ships and sealing - wak , And cabbages and kings . TH WALRUS
AND THE CARPET 1 CONTENTS PAGE 3 11 .. 25 44 THE PROEM :
O. Henry. * The time has come , " the Walrus said , “ To talk of many things ; of
shoes and ships and sealing - wak , And cabbages and kings . TH WALRUS
AND THE CARPET 1 CONTENTS PAGE 3 11 .. 25 44 THE PROEM :
Pagina
130 IX . 144 161 189 204 . VIII . THE ADMIRAL THE FLAG PARAMOUNT X. THE
SHAMROCK AND THE PALM XI . THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE XII . SHOES
XIII . SHIPS XIV . MASTERS OF ARTS XV . Dicky XVI . ROUGE ET NOIR XVII .
130 IX . 144 161 189 204 . VIII . THE ADMIRAL THE FLAG PARAMOUNT X. THE
SHAMROCK AND THE PALM XI . THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE XII . SHOES
XIII . SHIPS XIV . MASTERS OF ARTS XV . Dicky XVI . ROUGE ET NOIR XVII .
Pagina 9
Perhaps to the promiscuous ear of the Walrus it shall come with most avail ; for in
it there are indeed shoes and ships and sealing - wax and cabbage - palms and
presidents instead of kings . Add to these a little love and counterplotting , and ...
Perhaps to the promiscuous ear of the Walrus it shall come with most avail ; for in
it there are indeed shoes and ships and sealing - wax and cabbage - palms and
presidents instead of kings . Add to these a little love and counterplotting , and ...
Pagina 18
Our crowd is prepared and able to step into the shoes of the government at once ;
but with the treasury empty we'd stay in power about as long as a tenderfoot
would stick on an untamed bronco . We must play the fox on every foot of the
coast ...
Our crowd is prepared and able to step into the shoes of the government at once ;
but with the treasury empty we'd stay in power about as long as a tenderfoot
would stick on an untamed bronco . We must play the fox on every foot of the
coast ...
Pagina 42
He slipped on his shoes and went outside . Just landing from one of the
Valhalla's boats was the third mate of that vessel , who was an acquaintance of
Simon's , and three sailors from the fruiter . “ Go up , Simon , ” called the mate , “
and find ...
He slipped on his shoes and went outside . Just landing from one of the
Valhalla's boats was the third mate of that vessel , who was an acquaintance of
Simon's , and three sailors from the fruiter . “ Go up , Simon , ” called the mate , “
and find ...
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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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