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 45
O. Henry. On the fourth day after the receipt of Englehart's telegram the Karlsefin , a Norwegian steamer char- tered by the New Orleans fruit trade , anchored off Coralio with three hoarse toots of her siren . The Karlsefin was not one ...
O. Henry. On the fourth day after the receipt of Englehart's telegram the Karlsefin , a Norwegian steamer char- tered by the New Orleans fruit trade , anchored off Coralio with three hoarse toots of her siren . The Karlsefin was not one ...
Pagina 46
... Karlsefin had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities . The purser declared that the steamer would remain at anchor until morning , taking on her fruit during the night . The Karlsefin had come , he ...
... Karlsefin had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities . The purser declared that the steamer would remain at anchor until morning , taking on her fruit during the night . The Karlsefin had come , he ...
Pagina 51
... Karlsefin , " said the consul . " She's a tramp fruiter - made her last trip to New York , I believe . No ; she brought no passengers . I saw her boat come ashore , and there was no one . About the only exciting recreation we have here ...
... Karlsefin , " said the consul . " She's a tramp fruiter - made her last trip to New York , I believe . No ; she brought no passengers . I saw her boat come ashore , and there was no one . About the only exciting recreation we have here ...
Pagina 56
... Karlsefin had arrived for some days . " The two leaned against the deserted bar ; and Ma- dama set out a bottle without waiting for the doctor's order . There was no dust on it . After they had drank twice Smith said : " You say there ...
... Karlsefin had arrived for some days . " The two leaned against the deserted bar ; and Ma- dama set out a bottle without waiting for the doctor's order . There was no dust on it . After they had drank twice Smith said : " You say there ...
Pagina 57
... Karlsefin sails as soon as she gets her bananas loaded , which will be about daylight in the morning , and she got everything ready this after- noon . No , sir , there was no passenger list . Like that Three - Star ? A French schooner ...
... Karlsefin sails as soon as she gets her bananas loaded , which will be about daylight in the morning , and she got everything ready this after- noon . No , sir , there was no passenger list . Like that Three - Star ? A French schooner ...
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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