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 4
... — a banana king , a rubber prince , a sarsaparilla , indigo , and mahogany baron . The Señorita Guil- bert , you will be told , married Señor Goodwin one month after the president's death , thus , in the 4 Cabbages and Kings.
... — a banana king , a rubber prince , a sarsaparilla , indigo , and mahogany baron . The Señorita Guil- bert , you will be told , married Señor Goodwin one month after the president's death , thus , in the 4 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 11
... Señor Goodwin . Ha venido un telégrafo por el ! " The word passed quickly . Telegrams do not often come to anyone in Coralio . The cry for Señor Good- win was taken up by a dozen officious voices . The main street running parallel to ...
... Señor Goodwin . Ha venido un telégrafo por el ! " The word passed quickly . Telegrams do not often come to anyone in Coralio . The cry for Señor Good- win was taken up by a dozen officious voices . The main street running parallel to ...
Pagina 12
... Señor Goodwin ! " The comandante , Don Senor el Coronel Encarnación Rios , who was loyal to the Ins and suspected Goodwin's devotion to the Outs , hissed : " Aha ! " and wrote in his secret memorandum book the accusive fact that Señor ...
... Señor Goodwin ! " The comandante , Don Senor el Coronel Encarnación Rios , who was loyal to the Ins and suspected Goodwin's devotion to the Outs , hissed : " Aha ! " and wrote in his secret memorandum book the accusive fact that Señor ...
Pagina 56
... Señor , " said the native , sadly . He pulled a cheap silver watch from his own pocket and laid it in the doctor's hand . " Me bring , " said he , struggling painfully with his scant English , " other watchy to - morrow . " Then he ...
... Señor , " said the native , sadly . He pulled a cheap silver watch from his own pocket and laid it in the doctor's hand . " Me bring , " said he , struggling painfully with his scant English , " other watchy to - morrow . " Then he ...
Pagina 66
... me in a dark place . Carramba ! - el Señor Presidente to make himself thus secret and obscured ! I think he desired not to be known- but , carajo ! can you shave a man and not see his face ? This 66 Cabbages and Kings.
... me in a dark place . Carramba ! - el Señor Presidente to make himself thus secret and obscured ! I think he desired not to be known- but , carajo ! can you shave a man and not see his face ? This 66 Cabbages and Kings.
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