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 8
... and Sicily now bag its small change across their counters . Gentleman adventurers throng the waiting - rooms of its rulers with proposals for railways 8 Cabbages and Kings.
... and Sicily now bag its small change across their counters . Gentleman adventurers throng the waiting - rooms of its rulers with proposals for railways 8 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 9
waiting - rooms of its rulers with proposals for railways and concessions . The little opéra - bouffe nations play at government and intrigue until some day a big , silent gunboat glides into the offing and warns them not to break their ...
waiting - rooms of its rulers with proposals for railways and concessions . The little opéra - bouffe nations play at government and intrigue until some day a big , silent gunboat glides into the offing and warns them not to break their ...
Pagina 25
His plans were completed for the interception of the fugitives from the capital ; and now it was but a waiting game that he had to play . The consul was interested in his report . He was only twenty - four ; and he had not been 25 THE ...
His plans were completed for the interception of the fugitives from the capital ; and now it was but a waiting game that he had to play . The consul was interested in his report . He was only twenty - four ; and he had not been 25 THE ...
Pagina 56
The two leaned against the deserted bar ; and Madama set out a bottle without waiting for the doctor's order . There was no dust on it . After they had drank twice Smith said : 99 : You say there were no passengers on the Karlsefin ...
The two leaned against the deserted bar ; and Madama set out a bottle without waiting for the doctor's order . There was no dust on it . After they had drank twice Smith said : 99 : You say there were no passengers on the Karlsefin ...
Pagina 59
On the sandy beach , with his back against a cocoanut - tree and the stubs of many cigars lying around him , Smith sat waiting , never relaxing his sharp gaze in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated ...
On the sandy beach , with his back against a cocoanut - tree and the stubs of many cigars lying around him , Smith sat waiting , never relaxing his sharp gaze in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated ...
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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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