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 12
Tintypes and protographs were the weapons with which Keogh and Clancy were
at that time assailing the hopeless shores . Outside the shop were set two large
frames filled with specimens of their art and skill . Keogh leaned in the doorway ...
Tintypes and protographs were the weapons with which Keogh and Clancy were
at that time assailing the hopeless shores . Outside the shop were set two large
frames filled with specimens of their art and skill . Keogh leaned in the doorway ...
Pagina 27
By reason of long practice he gauged his stroll so accurately that by the time he
arrived on the sandy shore the boat of the customs officials was rowing back from
the steamer , which had been boarded and inspected according to the laws of ...
By reason of long practice he gauged his stroll so accurately that by the time he
arrived on the sandy shore the boat of the customs officials was rowing back from
the steamer , which had been boarded and inspected according to the laws of ...
Pagina 28
At night a sloop or two would be making strange trips in and out along the shore ;
and in the morning the stock of ThreeStar Hennessey , wines and drygoods in
Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the customs ...
At night a sloop or two would be making strange trips in and out along the shore ;
and in the morning the stock of ThreeStar Hennessey , wines and drygoods in
Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the customs ...
Pagina 34
... women in their huts , the song of the robin , the salt taste of the breeze , the
diminuendo of the faint surf running along the shore — and , sun . gradually , of a
white speck , growing to a 34 Cabbages and Kings.
... women in their huts , the song of the robin , the salt taste of the breeze , the
diminuendo of the faint surf running along the shore — and , sun . gradually , of a
white speck , growing to a 34 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 35
Then , sitting upright , he saw her float steadily past Scarcely a mile of sea had
separated her from the shore . He had seen the frequent flash of her polished
brass work and the stripes of her deck - awnings — so much , and no more .
Then , sitting upright , he saw her float steadily past Scarcely a mile of sea had
separated her from the shore . He had seen the frequent flash of her polished
brass work and the stripes of her deck - awnings — so much , and no more .
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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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