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 11
... come to anyone in Coralio . The cry for Seņor Good- win was taken up by a dozen officious voices . The main street running parallel to the beach became pop- ulated with those who desired to expedite the delivery of 11 "FOX-IN-THE-MORNING"
... come to anyone in Coralio . The cry for Seņor Good- win was taken up by a dozen officious voices . The main street running parallel to the beach became pop- ulated with those who desired to expedite the delivery of 11 "FOX-IN-THE-MORNING"
Pagina 17
... running too much to philology , Billy , " said Goodwin . " Do you make out the meaning of it ? " " Sure , ” replied the philosopher of Fortune . " All languages come easy to the man who must know ' em . I've even failed to misunderstand ...
... running too much to philology , Billy , " said Goodwin . " Do you make out the meaning of it ? " " Sure , ” replied the philosopher of Fortune . " All languages come easy to the man who must know ' em . I've even failed to misunderstand ...
Pagina 18
... run , and shout : ' Fox - in - the- Morning ! Me and you , standing here , we say : " Goose and the Gander ! miles is it to London town ? if your legs are long enough . They say : ' More than you're able to catch . ' And then the game ...
... run , and shout : ' Fox - in - the- Morning ! Me and you , standing here , we say : " Goose and the Gander ! miles is it to London town ? if your legs are long enough . They say : ' More than you're able to catch . ' And then the game ...
Pagina 21
... running away with it . Frank , did you ever see the ' bundle of mus- lin ' that His Excellency has wrapped up and carried off ? " " Isabel Guilbert ? " said Goodwin , laughing . " No , I never did . From what I've heard of her , though ...
... running away with it . Frank , did you ever see the ' bundle of mus- lin ' that His Excellency has wrapped up and carried off ? " " Isabel Guilbert ? " said Goodwin , laughing . " No , I never did . From what I've heard of her , though ...
Pagina 23
... running along the beach- the Broadway of Coralio - were the larger stores , the government bodega and post - office , the cuartel , the rum - shops and the market place . On his way Goodwin passed the house of Bernard Brannigan . It was ...
... running along the beach- the Broadway of Coralio - were the larger stores , the government bodega and post - office , the cuartel , the rum - shops and the market place . On his way Goodwin passed the house of Bernard Brannigan . It was ...
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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 Seņor Goodwin seņorita 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