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 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 39
Some timorous seņoritas scurrying past with fire - flies tangled in the jetty braids
of their hair glanced at him with shy , flattering eyes . The air was languorous with
the scent of jasmin and orange - blossoms . The consul stayed his steps at the ...
Some timorous seņoritas scurrying past with fire - flies tangled in the jetty braids
of their hair glanced at him with shy , flattering eyes . The air was languorous with
the scent of jasmin and orange - blossoms . The consul stayed his steps at the ...
Pagina 52
A grove of small orange - trees crowded against one side of it , enclosed by a low
, rock wall over which a tall man might easily step . The house was of plastered
adobe , stained a hundred shades of colour by the salt breeze and the sun .
A grove of small orange - trees crowded against one side of it , enclosed by a low
, rock wall over which a tall man might easily step . The house was of plastered
adobe , stained a hundred shades of colour by the salt breeze and the sun .
Pagina 75
She took a step toward the door , but Goodwin stayed her by a light touch upon
her arm . I have said before that women turned to look at him in the streets . He
was the viking sort of man , big , goodlooking , and with an air of kindly truculence
.
She took a step toward the door , but Goodwin stayed her by a light touch upon
her arm . I have said before that women turned to look at him in the streets . He
was the viking sort of man , big , goodlooking , and with an air of kindly truculence
.
Pagina 87
The stationery ' items are sometimes carelessly audited by the State Department .
" “ We're wasting our time , ” said Keogh . “ This man was born to hold office . He
penetrates to the root of the art at one step of his eagle eye . The true genius of ...
The stationery ' items are sometimes carelessly audited by the State Department .
" “ We're wasting our time , ” said Keogh . “ This man was born to hold office . He
penetrates to the root of the art at one step of his eagle eye . The true genius of ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Cabbages and Kings American fiction IV, 1901-1905 The complete edition of O. Henry |
| Autore | O. Henry |
| Editore | A. L. Burt Company, 1904 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | l'Universitā della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 312 pagine |
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