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 13
66 There's a riot in town on account of a telegram that's come for you . You want
to be careful about these things , my boy . It won't do to trifle with the feelings of
the public this way . You'll be getting a pink note some day with violet scent on it ...
66 There's a riot in town on account of a telegram that's come for you . You want
to be careful about these things , my boy . It won't do to trifle with the feelings of
the public this way . You'll be getting a pink note some day with violet scent on it ...
Pagina 19
There's only three places on the coast where they can hope to sail from here and
Solitas and Alazan . They're the only points we'll have to guard . It's as easy as a
chess problem fox to play , and mate in three moves . goosey , gander , whither ...
There's only three places on the coast where they can hope to sail from here and
Solitas and Alazan . They're the only points we'll have to guard . It's as easy as a
chess problem fox to play , and mate in three moves . goosey , gander , whither ...
Pagina 21
Sometimes I begin to fear that there's Irish blood in your ancestry . ” “ I never saw
her either , " went on Keogh ; “ but they say she's got all the ladies of mythology ,
sculpture , and fiction reduced to chromos . They say she can look at a man once
...
Sometimes I begin to fear that there's Irish blood in your ancestry . ” “ I never saw
her either , " went on Keogh ; “ but they say she's got all the ladies of mythology ,
sculpture , and fiction reduced to chromos . They say she can look at a man once
...
Pagina 24
Is there any news , Mr. Goodwin ? Please don't say no . Isn't it warm ? I feel just
like Mariana in her moated grange - or was it a range ? — it's hot enough . ” “ No ,
there's no news to tell , I believe , ” said Gooawin , with a mischievous look in his
...
Is there any news , Mr. Goodwin ? Please don't say no . Isn't it warm ? I feel just
like Mariana in her moated grange - or was it a range ? — it's hot enough . ” “ No ,
there's no news to tell , I believe , ” said Gooawin , with a mischievous look in his
...
Pagina 96
Ye'll be standing knee deep in the surf waiting for me , and your machine for
making Hamburger steak out of the hitherto respected art of music will be playing
“ There's no place like home . " ; “ Henry skinned a twenty off his roll , and
received ...
Ye'll be standing knee deep in the surf waiting for me , and your machine for
making Hamburger steak out of the hitherto respected art of music will be playing
“ There's no place like home . " ; “ Henry skinned a twenty off his roll , and
received ...
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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'Università della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 312 pagine |
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