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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... NUMBER Two . VI . VII . · THE PHONOgraph and THE GRAFT MONEY MAZE • VIII . THE ADMIRAL IX . THE FLAG PARAMOUNT X. THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM XI . THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE XII . SHOES XIII . SHIPS XIV . MASTERS OF ARTS XV . DICKY · XVI ...
... NUMBER Two . VI . VII . · THE PHONOgraph and THE GRAFT MONEY MAZE • VIII . THE ADMIRAL IX . THE FLAG PARAMOUNT X. THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM XI . THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE XII . SHOES XIII . SHIPS XIV . MASTERS OF ARTS XV . DICKY · XVI ...
Pagina 69
... Number 9 , entered and closed the door behind him . If that was Isabel Guilbert seated by the table in that poorly furnished room , report had failed to do her charms justice . She rested her head upon one hand . Extreme fatigue was ...
... Number 9 , entered and closed the door behind him . If that was Isabel Guilbert seated by the table in that poorly furnished room , report had failed to do her charms justice . She rested her head upon one hand . Extreme fatigue was ...
Pagina 71
... Number 10 upon his taste in feminine charms . " Returning his cigar to his mouth , Goodwin ob- served her , and saw that her eyes followed it and rested upon it with icy and significant concentration . Apparently she had not heard a ...
... Number 10 upon his taste in feminine charms . " Returning his cigar to his mouth , Goodwin ob- served her , and saw that her eyes followed it and rested upon it with icy and significant concentration . Apparently she had not heard a ...
Pagina 72
... Number 10 has betrayed a great trust . He has robbed his people of a large sum , and it is I who will prevent their losing it . I do not say who that gentleman is ; but if I should be forced to see him and he should prove to be a ...
... Number 10 has betrayed a great trust . He has robbed his people of a large sum , and it is I who will prevent their losing it . I do not say who that gentleman is ; but if I should be forced to see him and he should prove to be a ...
Pagina 73
... Number 10. " 66 - May I ask you two or three questions ? I be- lieve you to be a man more apt to be truthful than timid . What sort of a town is this Coralio , I think they call it ? " " Not much of a town , " said Goodwin , smiling ...
... Number 10. " 66 - May I ask you two or three questions ? I be- lieve you to be a man more apt to be truthful than timid . What sort of a town is this Coralio , I think they call it ? " " Not much of a town , " said Goodwin , smiling ...
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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