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 28
At night a sloop or two would be making strange trips in and out along the shore ;
and in the morning the stock of ThreeStar Hennessey , wines and drygoods in
Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the customs ...
At night a sloop or two would be making strange trips in and out along the shore ;
and in the morning the stock of ThreeStar Hennessey , wines and drygoods in
Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the customs ...
Pagina 63
They were instructed to keep a vigilant lookout during the night to prevent
Miraflores from attempting to embark stealthily by means of some boat or sloop
found by chance at the water's edge . A dozen patrols walked the streets of
Coralio ...
They were instructed to keep a vigilant lookout during the night to prevent
Miraflores from attempting to embark stealthily by means of some boat or sloop
found by chance at the water's edge . A dozen patrols walked the streets of
Coralio ...
Pagina 88
So bright was the moonlight that the two men could see the small pebbles
shining on the beach where the gentle surf wetted them . Then down the coast ,
tacking close to shore , slowly swam a little sloop , white - winged like some
snowy sea ...
So bright was the moonlight that the two men could see the small pebbles
shining on the beach where the gentle surf wetted them . Then down the coast ,
tacking close to shore , slowly swam a little sloop , white - winged like some
snowy sea ...
Pagina 89
Again the tactics of its crew brought it close in shore , this time nearly opposite the
consulate ; and then there blew from the sloop clear and surprising notes as if
from a horn of elfland . A fairy bugle it might have been , sweet and silvery and ...
Again the tactics of its crew brought it close in shore , this time nearly opposite the
consulate ; and then there blew from the sloop clear and surprising notes as if
from a horn of elfland . A fairy bugle it might have been , sweet and silvery and ...
Pagina 131
In the dilatory order of business had come a bulletin from the coast department of
Orilla del Mar reporting the seizure by the custom - house officers at the town of
Coralio of the sloop Estrella del Noche and her cargo of drygoods , patent ...
In the dilatory order of business had come a bulletin from the coast department of
Orilla del Mar reporting the seizure by the custom - house officers at the town of
Coralio of the sloop Estrella del Noche and her cargo of drygoods , patent ...
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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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