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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Pagina 20
... first time I ever heard you sigh . " " " Tis the last , " said Keogh . " With that sorrow- ful puff of wind I resign myself to a life of praise- worthy but harassing honesty . What are tintypes , if you please , to the opportunities of ...
... first time I ever heard you sigh . " " " Tis the last , " said Keogh . " With that sorrow- ful puff of wind I resign myself to a life of praise- worthy but harassing honesty . What are tintypes , if you please , to the opportunities of ...
Pagina 28
... first- baseman . He now closed his umbrella , stuck it up- right in the sand , and stooped , with his hands resting upon his knees . The purser , burlesquing the pitcher's contortions , hurled at the consul the heavy roll of newspapers ...
... first- baseman . He now closed his umbrella , stuck it up- right in the sand , and stooped , with his hands resting upon his knees . The purser , burlesquing the pitcher's contortions , hurled at the consul the heavy roll of newspapers ...
Pagina 29
... first and latest president of the country represented hung against the wall . The other room was the consul's living apartment . It was eleven o'clock when he returned from the beach , and therefore breakfast time . Chanca , the Carib ...
... first and latest president of the country represented hung against the wall . The other room was the consul's living apartment . It was eleven o'clock when he returned from the beach , and therefore breakfast time . Chanca , the Carib ...
Pagina 30
... first to his hand was one of those bulky mattresses of printed stuff upon which the readers of certain New York journals are supposed to take their Sabbath literary nap . Opening this the consul rested it upon the table , supporting its ...
... first to his hand was one of those bulky mattresses of printed stuff upon which the readers of certain New York journals are supposed to take their Sabbath literary nap . Opening this the consul rested it upon the table , supporting its ...
Pagina 50
... first trip on her . I'm taking a squint along this coast just to get an idea of the countries where the rubber and red pepper and revolutions come from . I had no idea there was so much scenery down here . Why , Central Park ain't in it ...
... first trip on her . I'm taking a squint along this coast just to get an idea of the countries where the rubber and red pepper and revolutions come from . I had no idea there was so much scenery down here . Why , Central Park ain't in it ...
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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 Karlsefin lady land laugh looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic revolution 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 tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla