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 54
... trepanning which no listener had ever allowed him to conclude , and that he believed in brandy as a prophylactic ; and the spe- cial points of interest possessed by Dr. Gregg will have become exhausted . The doctor had dragged a chair ...
... trepanning which no listener had ever allowed him to conclude , and that he believed in brandy as a prophylactic ; and the spe- cial points of interest possessed by Dr. Gregg will have become exhausted . The doctor had dragged a chair ...
Pagina 61
... trepanning and jealousy . But prosperously to the lucidity of these loose pages , Smith shall flutter among them again . In the nick of time he shall come to tell us why he strewed so many anxious cigar stumps around the cocoanut palm ...
... trepanning and jealousy . But prosperously to the lucidity of these loose pages , Smith shall flutter among them again . In the nick of time he shall come to tell us why he strewed so many anxious cigar stumps around the cocoanut palm ...
Pagina 259
... that fall pertinent and diverting upon the ear . Atwood was gone - he of the hospitable back porch and ingenuous cunning . Dr. Gregg , with his trepanning story smouldering within him , was a whiskered volcano Dicky 259.
... that fall pertinent and diverting upon the ear . Atwood was gone - he of the hospitable back porch and ingenuous cunning . Dr. Gregg , with his trepanning story smouldering within him , was a whiskered volcano Dicky 259.
Pagina 260
O. Henry. trepanning story smouldering within him , was a whiskered volcano , always showing signs of immi- nent eruption , and was not to be considered in the ranks of those who might contribute to the ameliora- tion of ennui . The new ...
O. Henry. trepanning story smouldering within him , was a whiskered volcano , always showing signs of immi- nent eruption , and was not to be considered in the ranks of those who might contribute to the ameliora- tion of ennui . The new ...
Pagina 266
... trepanning story of Dr. Gregg is still referred to , in Coralio , as a mas- terpiece of lightning diplomacy . Many letters arrived , addressed to " Mr. Dicky Maloney , " or " Señor Dickee Maloney , " to the con- siderable pride of Pasa ...
... trepanning story of Dr. Gregg is still referred to , in Coralio , as a mas- terpiece of lightning diplomacy . Many letters arrived , addressed to " Mr. Dicky Maloney , " or " Señor Dickee Maloney , " to the con- siderable pride of Pasa ...
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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