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 21
... virtuous , condemned to the unprofitable swindle of slandering the faces of missing links on tin for an honest living ! ' Tis an in- justice of nature . ” " Cheer up , " said Goodwin . " You " Fox - in - the - Morning " 21.
... virtuous , condemned to the unprofitable swindle of slandering the faces of missing links on tin for an honest living ! ' Tis an in- justice of nature . ” " Cheer up , " said Goodwin . " You " Fox - in - the - Morning " 21.
Pagina 48
... face and languid in pose . On that night when the Valhalla's boat had brought him ashore appar- ently drenched to death by the sea , Doctor Gregg and his other friends had toiled for hours to preserve the little spark of life that ...
... face and languid in pose . On that night when the Valhalla's boat had brought him ashore appar- ently drenched to death by the sea , Doctor Gregg and his other friends had toiled for hours to preserve the little spark of life that ...
Pagina 53
... face and the longest beard between Topeka and Terra del Fuego . He held his position by virtue of an appointment by the Board of Health of a seaport city in one of the Southern states . That city feared the ancient enemy of every ...
... face and the longest beard between Topeka and Terra del Fuego . He held his position by virtue of an appointment by the Board of Health of a seaport city in one of the Southern states . That city feared the ancient enemy of every ...
Pagina 56
... face . Next he pulled out his watch and ran his finger round its dial twice . Again the two fingers confronted the patient's nose . " Two - two - two hours , " repeated the doctor . " Si , Señor , " said the native , sadly . He pulled a ...
... face . Next he pulled out his watch and ran his finger round its dial twice . Again the two fingers confronted the patient's nose . " Two - two - two hours , " repeated the doctor . " Si , Señor , " said the native , sadly . He pulled a ...
Pagina 66
... he awaited 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.
... he awaited 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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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