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 6
... the grave of President Miraflores by one who never saw that unfortunate statesman in life or in death , and why that one was wont to walk in the twilight , casting from a distance looks of gentle sadness upon that unhonoured mound .
... the grave of President Miraflores by one who never saw that unfortunate statesman in life or in death , and why that one was wont to walk in the twilight , casting from a distance looks of gentle sadness upon that unhonoured mound .
Pagina 29
The consul re - hoisted his umbrella and walked back to the consulate . This home of a great nation's representative was a wooden structure of two rooms , with a native - built gallery of poles , bamboo and nipa palm running on three ...
The consul re - hoisted his umbrella and walked back to the consulate . This home of a great nation's representative was a wooden structure of two rooms , with a native - built gallery of poles , bamboo and nipa palm running on three ...
Pagina 36
After dinner , when the sun was low behind the mountains , Geddie walked on the little strip of beach under the cocoanuts . The wind was blowing mildly landward , and the surface of the sea was rippled by tiny wavelets .
After dinner , when the sun was low behind the mountains , Geddie walked on the little strip of beach under the cocoanuts . The wind was blowing mildly landward , and the surface of the sea was rippled by tiny wavelets .
Pagina 37
He walked back to his house , and set the bottle on his desk . Throwing off his hat and coat , and lighting a lamp — for the night had crowded precipitately upon the brief twilight — he began to examine his piece of sea - salvage .
He walked back to his house , and set the bottle on his desk . Throwing off his hat and coat , and lighting a lamp — for the night had crowded precipitately upon the brief twilight — he began to examine his piece of sea - salvage .
Pagina 39
Geddie put on his coat and hat and walked out . He followed a street that led him along the border of the little plaza where a band was playing and people were rambling , care - free and indolent . Some timorous seņoritas scurrying past ...
Geddie put on his coat and hat and walked out . He followed a street that led him along the border of the little plaza where a band was playing and people were rambling , care - free and indolent . Some timorous seņoritas scurrying past ...
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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'Universitā della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 310 pagine |
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