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 30
Geddie took his seat , and unrolled with luxurious laziness his bundle of newspapers . Here in Coralio for two days or longer he would read of goings - on in the world very much as we of the world read those whimsical contributions to ...
Geddie took his seat , and unrolled with luxurious laziness his bundle of newspapers . Here in Coralio for two days or longer he would read of goings - on in the world very much as we of the world read those whimsical contributions to ...
Pagina 31
Geddie , having finished his breakfast , took his papers to the edge of the gallery , and sat there in his favourite steamer chair with his feet on the bamboo railing .
Geddie , having finished his breakfast , took his papers to the edge of the gallery , and sat there in his favourite steamer chair with his feet on the bamboo railing .
Pagina 41
Then , very deliberately , he lighted a cigar , and took the bottle in his hand , and walked down the path to the beach . There was a moon , and the sea was glorious . The breeze had shifted , as it did each evening , and was now ...
Then , very deliberately , he lighted a cigar , and took the bottle in his hand , and walked down the path to the beach . There was a moon , and the sea was glorious . The breeze had shifted , as it did each evening , and was now ...
Pagina 44
took. all the precautions that their foresight could contrive to prevent the escape of President Miraflores and his tompanion . They sent trusted messengers up the coast to Solitas and Alazan to warn the local leaders of the flight ...
took. all the precautions that their foresight could contrive to prevent the escape of President Miraflores and his tompanion . They sent trusted messengers up the coast to Solitas and Alazan to warn the local leaders of the flight ...
Pagina 46
A boat from the steamer landed her purser with his papers , and took out the quarantine doctor with his green umbrella and clinical thermometer . Next a swarm of Caribs began to load upon lighters the thousands of bunches of bananas ...
A boat from the steamer landed her purser with his papers , and took out the quarantine doctor with his green umbrella and clinical thermometer . Next a swarm of Caribs began to load upon lighters the thousands of bunches of bananas ...
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admiral American Anchuria asked bananas beach began Billy Blythe boat bottle brought capital captain carried chair cigar Clancy close coast consul Coralio dark Dicky dollars door entered eyes face five followed friends fruit Geddie give Goodwin hand head heard Henry hundred Johnny keep Keogh kind lady land light looked means Mellinger minutes morning move native never night once paint passed picture play president republic running says seemed Señor shoes shore side sitting sloop smile soon Spanish speak stand steamer steps stood street tell there's thing thought thousand told took town tree tropics turned Twas waiting walked White York young
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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