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 126
... Blythe , with the air of a courtier and the outward aspect of a scarecrow , pounced upon him hopefully from the door of a pulperia . Blythe had been re - christened " Beelzebub " as an acknowledgment of the greatness of his fall . Once ...
... Blythe , with the air of a courtier and the outward aspect of a scarecrow , pounced upon him hopefully from the door of a pulperia . Blythe had been re - christened " Beelzebub " as an acknowledgment of the greatness of his fall . Once ...
Pagina 127
... Blythe . " I've been in a drought ever since morning . Hi- muchacho ! -el aguardiente por acá . " " Now , what do you want to see me about ? " asked Goodwin , when the drinks were before them . " Confound it , old man , " drawled Blythe ...
... Blythe . " I've been in a drought ever since morning . Hi- muchacho ! -el aguardiente por acá . " " Now , what do you want to see me about ? " asked Goodwin , when the drinks were before them . " Confound it , old man , " drawled Blythe ...
Pagina 128
... Blythe sipped blissfully from his , as he began to enter the state of a true idealist . " I must trot along in a minute or two , " hinted Goodwin . " Was there anything in particular ? " Blythe did not reply at once . " Old Losada would ...
... Blythe sipped blissfully from his , as he began to enter the state of a true idealist . " I must trot along in a minute or two , " hinted Goodwin . " Was there anything in particular ? " Blythe did not reply at once . " Old Losada would ...
Pagina 189
... - ing their merchandise formed themselves into a softly jabbering and gesticulating group . For there upon their space of the platform was sprawled , asleep , the unbeautiful figure of " Beelzebub " Blythe . He lay 189.
... - ing their merchandise formed themselves into a softly jabbering and gesticulating group . For there upon their space of the platform was sprawled , asleep , the unbeautiful figure of " Beelzebub " Blythe . He lay 189.
Pagina 190
... Blythe . He sat up , blinking , and leaned his back against the wall of the market . Drawing a blighted silk handkerchief from his pocket , he assiduously rubbed and burnished his glasses . And while doing this he became aware that his ...
... Blythe . He sat up , blinking , and leaned his back against the wall of the market . Drawing a blighted silk handkerchief from his pocket , he assiduously rubbed and burnished his glasses . And while doing this he became aware that his ...
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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