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 9
So , there is a little tale to tell of many things . 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 ...
So , there is a little tale to tell of many things . 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 ...
Pagina 13
“ 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 You'll be getting a pink note some day with violet scent ...
“ 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 You'll be getting a pink note some day with violet scent ...
Pagina 15
There was always a revolutionary party ; and to it he had always allied himself ; for the adherents of a new administration received the rewards of their labours . There was now a Liberal party seeking to overturn President Miraflores .
There was always a revolutionary party ; and to it he had always allied himself ; for the adherents of a new administration received the rewards of their labours . There was now a Liberal party seeking to overturn President Miraflores .
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 ...
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 ...
Pagina 20
and creepers . there had been wrested from the jungle and planted with bananas and cane and orange groves . The rest was a riot of wild vegetation , the home of monkeys , tapirs , jaguars , alligators and prodigious reptiles and insects ...
and creepers . there had been wrested from the jungle and planted with bananas and cane and orange groves . The rest was a riot of wild vegetation , the home of monkeys , tapirs , jaguars , alligators and prodigious reptiles and insects ...
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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'Università della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 310 pagine |
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