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 23
... darker than many an Andalusian of high descent ; and she sparkled and glowed like a tropical moon- light . " Good evening , Miss Paula , " said Goodwin , taking off his hat , with his ready smile . There was little dif- ' ference in his ...
... darker than many an Andalusian of high descent ; and she sparkled and glowed like a tropical moon- light . " Good evening , Miss Paula , " said Goodwin , taking off his hat , with his ready smile . There was little dif- ' ference in his ...
Pagina 34
... dark - green foliage of lemon - trees and orange - trees just bursting into bloom . A lagoon pierced the land like a dark , jagged crystal , and above it a pale ceiba - tree rose almost to the clouds . The waving cocoanut palms on the ...
... dark - green foliage of lemon - trees and orange - trees just bursting into bloom . A lagoon pierced the land like a dark , jagged crystal , and above it a pale ceiba - tree rose almost to the clouds . The waving cocoanut palms on the ...
Pagina 36
... dark - red sealing - wax . The bottle contained only what seemed to be a sheet of paper , much curled from the manipulation it had undergone while being inserted . In the sealing - wax was the impression of a seal - probably of a signet ...
... dark - red sealing - wax . The bottle contained only what seemed to be a sheet of paper , much curled from the manipulation it had undergone while being inserted . In the sealing - wax was the impression of a seal - probably of a signet ...
Pagina 41
... darkness , his hand struck against the bot- tle . He started as if he had touched the cold ro- tundity of a serpent . He had forgotten that the bottle was there . He lighted the lamp and fed the monkey . Then , very deliberately , he ...
... darkness , his hand struck against the bot- tle . He started as if he had touched the cold ro- tundity of a serpent . He had forgotten that the bottle was there . He lighted the lamp and fed the monkey . Then , very deliberately , he ...
Pagina 64
... darkness - perhaps already thread- ing the profundities of the alluvial lowlands - the high adventurer and his mate were moving toward land's end . The game of Fox - in - the - Morning should be coming soon to its close . Goodwin , at ...
... darkness - perhaps already thread- ing the profundities of the alluvial lowlands - the high adventurer and his mate were moving toward land's end . The game of Fox - in - the - Morning should be coming soon to its close . Goodwin , at ...
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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