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 66
... Estebán Delgado , a barber , an enemy to existing government , a jovial plotter against stagnation in any form . This barber was one of Coralio's saddest dogs , often remaining out of doors as late as eleven , post merid- ian . He was a ...
... Estebán Delgado , a barber , an enemy to existing government , a jovial plotter against stagnation in any form . This barber was one of Coralio's saddest dogs , often remaining out of doors as late as eleven , post merid- ian . He was a ...
Pagina 67
... Estebán . " He is tall ; and he had weeskers , verree black and sufficient . " " Was anyone else present when you shaved him ? " " An old Indian woman , Señor , that belonged with the casa , and one señorita a ladee of so much beautee ...
... Estebán . " He is tall ; and he had weeskers , verree black and sufficient . " " Was anyone else present when you shaved him ? " " An old Indian woman , Señor , that belonged with the casa , and one señorita a ladee of so much beautee ...
Pagina 77
... Estebán , had prepared Goodwin for the change . The man stumbled in from the dark room , his eyes blinking at the lamplight , and heavy from sleep . " What does this mean ? " he demanded in excel- lent English , with a keen and ...
... Estebán , had prepared Goodwin for the change . The man stumbled in from the dark room , his eyes blinking at the lamplight , and heavy from sleep . " What does this mean ? " he demanded in excel- lent English , with a keen and ...
Pagina 78
... Estebán , at the sound of the shot , had raised his voice ; and the shot itself had aroused half the town . A pattering of feet came up the street , and official orders rang out on the still air . Goodwin had 78 Cabbages and Kings.
... Estebán , at the sound of the shot , had raised his voice ; and the shot itself had aroused half the town . A pattering of feet came up the street , and official orders rang out on the still air . Goodwin had 78 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 79
... Estebán . On the next morning messages began to come over the mended telegraph wire ; and the story of the flight from the capital was given out to the public . In San Mateo the revolu- tionary party had seized the sceptre of government ...
... Estebán . On the next morning messages began to come over the mended telegraph wire ; and the story of the flight from the capital was given out to the public . In San Mateo the revolu- tionary party had seized the sceptre of government ...
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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