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 3
THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER THEY will tell you in Anchuria , that
President Miraflores , of that volatile republic , died by his own hand in the coast
town of Coralio ; that he had reached thus far in flight from the inconveniences of
an ...
THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER THEY will tell you in Anchuria , that
President Miraflores , of that volatile republic , died by his own hand in the coast
town of Coralio ; that he had reached thus far in flight from the inconveniences of
an ...
Pagina 16
It informed him that the president of the republic had decamped from the capital
city with the contents of the treasury . Furthermore , that he was accompanied in
his flight by that winning adventuress Isabel Guilbert , the opera singer , whose ...
It informed him that the president of the republic had decamped from the capital
city with the contents of the treasury . Furthermore , that he was accompanied in
his flight by that winning adventuress Isabel Guilbert , the opera singer , whose ...
Pagina 26
For the moment he had forgotten that Coralio was an insignificant town in an
insignificant republic lying along the by - ways of a second - rate sea . He thought
of Gregg , the quarantine doctor , who subscribed for the London Lancet ,
expecting ...
For the moment he had forgotten that Coralio was an insignificant town in an
insignificant republic lying along the by - ways of a second - rate sea . He thought
of Gregg , the quarantine doctor , who subscribed for the London Lancet ,
expecting ...
Pagina 57
If any customs duties on it went to the distinguished republic of Anchuria you may
have my hat . If you won't have another , come out and let's sit in the cool a while .
It isn't often we exiles get a chance to talk with somebody from the outside ...
If any customs duties on it went to the distinguished republic of Anchuria you may
have my hat . If you won't have another , come out and let's sit in the cool a while .
It isn't often we exiles get a chance to talk with somebody from the outside ...
Pagina 72
I do not say who that gentleman is ; but if I should be forced to see him and he
should prove to be a certain high official of the republic , it will be my duty to
arrest him . The house is guarded . I am offering you liberal terms . It is not
absolutely ...
I do not say who that gentleman is ; but if I should be forced to see him and he
should prove to be a certain high official of the republic , it will be my duty to
arrest him . The house is guarded . I am offering you liberal terms . It is not
absolutely ...
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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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