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 4
... thousand unfound , though greatly coveted , the hue and cry went no further than that . To the stranger or the guest the people of Coralio will relate the story of the tragic end of their former president ; how he strove to escape from ...
... thousand unfound , though greatly coveted , the hue and cry went no further than that . To the stranger or the guest the people of Coralio will relate the story of the tragic end of their former president ; how he strove to escape from ...
Pagina 21
... thousands of dollars in one hand , and this muslin siren in the other , galloping down hill on a sym- pathetic mule amid songbirds and flowers ! And here is Billy Keogh , because he is virtuous , condemned to the unprofitable swindle of ...
... thousands of dollars in one hand , and this muslin siren in the other , galloping down hill on a sym- pathetic mule amid songbirds and flowers ! And here is Billy Keogh , because he is virtuous , condemned to the unprofitable swindle of ...
Pagina 26
... thousand bunches of bananas , so many thousand oranges and cocoanuts , so many ounces of gold dust , pounds of rubber , coffee , indigo and sarsa- parilla - actually , exports were twenty per cent . greater than for the previous year ...
... thousand bunches of bananas , so many thousand oranges and cocoanuts , so many ounces of gold dust , pounds of rubber , coffee , indigo and sarsa- parilla - actually , exports were twenty per cent . greater than for the previous year ...
Pagina 46
... thousands of bunches of bananas heaped upon the shore and row them out to the steamer . The Karlsefin had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities . The purser declared that the steamer would remain at ...
... thousands of bunches of bananas heaped upon the shore and row them out to the steamer . The Karlsefin had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities . The purser declared that the steamer would remain at ...
Pagina 76
... thousand mark . Goodwin glanced swiftly at the woman , and saw , with surprise and a thrill of pleasure that he won- dered at , that she had experienced an unmistakable shock . Her eyes grew wide , she gasped , and leaned heavily ...
... thousand mark . Goodwin glanced swiftly at the woman , and saw , with surprise and a thrill of pleasure that he won- dered at , that she had experienced an unmistakable shock . Her eyes grew wide , she gasped , and leaned heavily ...
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admiral aguardiente American Anchuria Atwood bananas beach Beelzebub Billy Keogh Blythe boat bottle captain Caribs Casa Morena chair cigar Clancy coast cocoanut Colonel Falcon consul Coralio crew Dalesburg dark Dicky dollars Don Sabas door drink El Nacional Estebán eyes face Felipe flag friends Geddie graft grass Gregg Guatemala hand head Hemstetter honour Johnny Johnny's Karlsefin lady land laughed looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic Rosine sail sand says seemed Señor Goodwin señorita shoes shore sloop smile smoke Spanish Spanish Main steamer steps stood street tell there's thing thousand tintype took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla