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 131
Next to the champagne the credit of the appointment belongs to Don Sabas
Placido , the newly confirmed Minister of War . The president had requested a
convention of his cabinet for the discussion of questions politic and for the
transaction of ...
Next to the champagne the credit of the appointment belongs to Don Sabas
Placido , the newly confirmed Minister of War . The president had requested a
convention of his cabinet for the discussion of questions politic and for the
transaction of ...
Pagina 132
This provision with many other wiser ones — had lain inert since the
establishment of the republic . Anchuria had no navy and had no use for one . It
was characteristic of Don Sabas man at once merry , learned , a whimsical and
audacious ...
This provision with many other wiser ones — had lain inert since the
establishment of the republic . Anchuria had no navy and had no use for one . It
was characteristic of Don Sabas man at once merry , learned , a whimsical and
audacious ...
Pagina 135
When the outcome of Don Sabas ' little pleasantry arrived in the form of the
imposing and preposterous commission , the collector smiled . He had not
expected such prompt and overwhelming response to his recommendation . He
despatched ...
When the outcome of Don Sabas ' little pleasantry arrived in the form of the
imposing and preposterous commission , the collector smiled . He had not
expected such prompt and overwhelming response to his recommendation . He
despatched ...
Pagina 144
IX THE FLAG PARAMOUNT AT the head of the insurgent party appeared that
Hector and learned Theban of the southern republics , Don Sabas Placido . A
traveller , a soldier , a poet , a scientist , a statesman and a connoisseur the
wonder ...
IX THE FLAG PARAMOUNT AT the head of the insurgent party appeared that
Hector and learned Theban of the southern republics , Don Sabas Placido . A
traveller , a soldier , a poet , a scientist , a statesman and a connoisseur the
wonder ...
Pagina 153
You are Sabas Placido , traitor to your country . With your face to a wall . So , you
will die . I am the admiral , and I will take you to them . With your face to a wall .
Yes . ” Don Sabas half turned and waved his hand , with a ringing laugh , toward
...
You are Sabas Placido , traitor to your country . With your face to a wall . So , you
will die . I am the admiral , and I will take you to them . With your face to a wall .
Yes . ” Don Sabas half turned and waved his hand , with a ringing laugh , toward
...
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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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