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 7
... cutlass and attack with quip and jollity ; to draw one saving titter of mirth from
the rusty casque of Romance this were pleasant to do in the shade of the lemon -
trees The Proem 7.
... cutlass and attack with quip and jollity ; to draw one saving titter of mirth from
the rusty casque of Romance this were pleasant to do in the shade of the lemon -
trees The Proem 7.
Pagina 8
O. Henry. ant to do in the shade of the lemon - trees on that coast that is curved
like lips set for smiling . For there are yet tales of the Spanish Main . That segment
of continent washed by the tempestuous Caribbean , and presenting to the sea a
...
O. Henry. ant to do in the shade of the lemon - trees on that coast that is curved
like lips set for smiling . For there are yet tales of the Spanish Main . That segment
of continent washed by the tempestuous Caribbean , and presenting to the sea a
...
Pagina 11
The waves swished along the smooth beach ; the parrots screamed in the orange
and ceiba - trees ; the palms waved their limber fronds foolishly like an awkward
chorus at the prima donna's cue to enter . Suddenly the town was full of ...
The waves swished along the smooth beach ; the parrots screamed in the orange
and ceiba - trees ; the palms waved their limber fronds foolishly like an awkward
chorus at the prima donna's cue to enter . Suddenly the town was full of ...
Pagina 14
their baking in the mud ovens under the orange - trees , or to the interminable
combing of their long , straight hair ; the men to their cigarettes and gossip in the
cantinas . Goodwin sat on Keogh's doorstep , and read his telegram . It was from
...
their baking in the mud ovens under the orange - trees , or to the interminable
combing of their long , straight hair ; the men to their cigarettes and gossip in the
cantinas . Goodwin sat on Keogh's doorstep , and read his telegram . It was from
...
Pagina 21
They say she can look at a man once , and he'll turn monkey and climb trees to
pick cocoanuts for her . Think of that president man with Lord knows how many
hundreds of thousands of dollars in one hand , and this muslin siren in the other ...
They say she can look at a man once , and he'll turn monkey and climb trees to
pick cocoanuts for her . Think of that president man with Lord knows how many
hundreds of thousands of dollars in one hand , and this muslin siren in the other ...
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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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