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 34
... soon as he should make up his mind to speak about it . The By the time two hours were whiled away the consul tired of reading . The papers lay scattered about him on the gallery . Reclining there , he gazed dream- ily out upon an Eden ...
... soon as he should make up his mind to speak about it . The By the time two hours were whiled away the consul tired of reading . The papers lay scattered about him on the gallery . Reclining there , he gazed dream- ily out upon an Eden ...
Pagina 38
... soon rid the matter of the more unlikely theories , and was reduced- though aversely - to the less assailable one that the bottle contained a message to himself . Ida knew he was in Coralio ; she must have launched the bottle while the ...
... soon rid the matter of the more unlikely theories , and was reduced- though aversely - to the less assailable one that the bottle contained a message to himself . Ida knew he was in Coralio ; she must have launched the bottle while the ...
Pagina 41
... Soon it became a mere speck , doubtfully discerned at irregular intervals ; and then the mystery of it was swallowed up by the greater mystery of the ocean . Geddie stood still upon the beach , smoking and looking out upon the water ...
... Soon it became a mere speck , doubtfully discerned at irregular intervals ; and then the mystery of it was swallowed up by the greater mystery of the ocean . Geddie stood still upon the beach , smoking and looking out upon the water ...
Pagina 46
... soon done with the attention of the authorities . The purser declared that the steamer would remain at anchor until morning , taking on her fruit during the night . The Karlsefin had come , he said , from New York , to which port her ...
... soon done with the attention of the authorities . The purser declared that the steamer would remain at anchor until morning , taking on her fruit during the night . The Karlsefin had come , he said , from New York , to which port her ...
Pagina 49
... soon as another could be appointed in his place . For Bernard Brannigan , who never did things in a half - way manner , was to take Geddie at once for a partner in his very profitable and various enterprises ; and Paula was happily en ...
... soon as another could be appointed in his place . For Bernard Brannigan , who never did things in a half - way manner , was to take Geddie at once for a partner in his very profitable and various enterprises ; and Paula was happily en ...
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