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 19
... through chilling snow - fed streams , and wriggled like a snake through sunless forests teeming with menacing insect and animal life . After descending to the foothills it turned to a trident , the central prong ending at Alazan .
... through chilling snow - fed streams , and wriggled like a snake through sunless forests teeming with menacing insect and animal life . After descending to the foothills it turned to a trident , the central prong ending at Alazan .
Pagina 22
Goodwin turned from the main street into a much narrower one that intersected it at a right angle . These side streets were covered by a growth of thick , rank grass , which was kept to a navigable shortness by the machetes of the ...
Goodwin turned from the main street into a much narrower one that intersected it at a right angle . These side streets were covered by a growth of thick , rank grass , which was kept to a navigable shortness by the machetes of the ...
Pagina 30
Then he partook of his meal deliberately , turning the leaves from time to time and glancing half idly at the contents . Presently he was struck by something familiar to him in a picture - a half - page , badly printed reproduction of a ...
Then he partook of his meal deliberately , turning the leaves from time to time and glancing half idly at the contents . Presently he was struck by something familiar to him in a picture - a half - page , badly printed reproduction of a ...
Pagina 37
By holding the bottle near the light and turning it judiciously , he made out that it contained a double sheet of note - paper filled with close writing ; further , that the paper was of the same size and shade as that always used by ...
By holding the bottle near the light and turning it judiciously , he made out that it contained a double sheet of note - paper filled with close writing ; further , that the paper was of the same size and shade as that always used by ...
Pagina 40
... the door his tame monkey leaped down from his shelf , “ Here ideal one . 1 chattering briskly . The consul turned to his desk to 40 Cabbages and Kings.
... the door his tame monkey leaped down from his shelf , “ Here ideal one . 1 chattering briskly . The consul turned to his desk to 40 Cabbages and Kings.
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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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