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 12
... shores . Outside the shop were set two large frames filled with specimens of their art and skill . Keogh leaned in the doorway , his bold and humor- ous countenance wearing a look of interest at the unusual influx of life and sound into ...
... shores . Outside the shop were set two large frames filled with specimens of their art and skill . Keogh leaned in the doorway , his bold and humor- ous countenance wearing a look of interest at the unusual influx of life and sound into ...
Pagina 27
... shore the boat of the customs officials was rowing back from the steamer , which had been boarded and inspected according to the laws of Anchuria . There is no harbour at Coralio . Vessels of the draught of the Valhalla must ride at ...
... shore the boat of the customs officials was rowing back from the steamer , which had been boarded and inspected according to the laws of Anchuria . There is no harbour at Coralio . Vessels of the draught of the Valhalla must ride at ...
Pagina 28
... shore ; and in the morning the stock of Three- Star Hennessey , wines and drygoods in Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the customs officials jingled more silver in the pockets of their red - striped ...
... shore ; and in the morning the stock of Three- Star Hennessey , wines and drygoods in Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the customs officials jingled more silver in the pockets of their red - striped ...
Pagina 34
... native women in their huts , the song of the robin , the salt taste of the breeze , the diminu- endo of the faint surf running along the shore - - and , gradually , of a white speck , growing to a 34 Cabbages and Kings.
... native women in their huts , the song of the robin , the salt taste of the breeze , the diminu- endo of the faint surf running along the shore - - and , gradually , of a white speck , growing to a 34 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 35
... shore . He had seen the frequent flash of her polished brass work and the stripes of her deck - awn- ings - so much , and no more . Like a ship on a magic lantern slide the Idalia had crossed the illuminated circle of the consul's ...
... shore . He had seen the frequent flash of her polished brass work and the stripes of her deck - awn- ings - so much , and no more . Like a ship on a magic lantern slide the Idalia had crossed the illuminated circle of the consul's ...
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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