Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1919 - 312 pagine A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic." |
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Pagina 131
... Don Sabas Placido , the newly con- firmed Minister of War . The president had requested a convention of his cabinet for the discussion of questions politic and for the transaction of certain routine matters of state . The session had ...
... Don Sabas Placido , the newly con- firmed Minister of War . The president had requested a convention of his cabinet for the discussion of questions politic and for the transaction of certain routine matters of state . The session had ...
Pagina 132
... Don Sabas a man at once merry , learned - - whimsical and audacious that he should have dis- turbed the 132 Cabbages and Kings.
... Don Sabas a man at once merry , learned - - whimsical and audacious that he should have dis- turbed the 132 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 135
... Don Sabas ' little pleasantry arrived in the form of the imposing and preposterous commission , the collector smiled . He had not ex- pected such prompt and overwhelming response to his recommendation . He despatched a muchacho at once ...
... Don Sabas ' little pleasantry arrived in the form of the imposing and preposterous commission , the collector smiled . He had not ex- pected such prompt and overwhelming response to his recommendation . He despatched a muchacho at once ...
Pagina 144
... Don Sabas Placido . A traveller , a soldier , a poet , a scientist , a statesman and a connoisseur the wonder was that he could content himself with the petty , remote life of his native country . " It is a whim of Placido's , " said a ...
... Don Sabas Placido . A traveller , a soldier , a poet , a scientist , a statesman and a connoisseur the wonder was that he could content himself with the petty , remote life of his native country . " It is a whim of Placido's , " said a ...
Pagina 153
... Sabas Placido , traitor to your country . With your face to a wall . So , you will die . I am the admiral , and I will take you to them . With your face to a wall . Yes . " Don Sabas half turned and waved his hand , with a ringing laugh ...
... Sabas Placido , traitor to your country . With your face to a wall . So , you will die . I am the admiral , and I will take you to them . With your face to a wall . Yes . " Don Sabas half turned and waved his hand , with a ringing laugh ...
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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 tintypes tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla