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 4
... say , in Coralio , that she found a prompt and prosperous tide in the form of Frank Goodwin , an American resident of the town , an investor who had grown wealthy by dealing in the products of the coun- try a banana king , a rubber ...
... say , in Coralio , that she found a prompt and prosperous tide in the form of Frank Goodwin , an American resident of the town , an investor who had grown wealthy by dealing in the products of the coun- try a banana king , a rubber ...
Pagina 5
... say . Don Frank has lived among them for years , and has com- pelled their respect . His lady is casily queen of what social life the sober coast affords . The wife of the governor of the district , herself , who was of the proud ...
... say . Don Frank has lived among them for years , and has com- pelled their respect . His lady is casily queen of what social life the sober coast affords . The wife of the governor of the district , herself , who was of the proud ...
Pagina 18
... say : ' Goose and the Gander ! ' How many miles is it to London town ? " We say : ' Only a few , How many comes out ? ' They say : if your legs are long enough . They say : ' More than you're able to catch . ' And then the game ...
... say : ' Goose and the Gander ! ' How many miles is it to London town ? " We say : ' Only a few , How many comes out ? ' They say : if your legs are long enough . They say : ' More than you're able to catch . ' And then the game ...
Pagina 21
... say she's got all the ladies of mythology , sculp- ture , and fiction reduced to chromos . They say she can look at a man once , and he'll turn monkey and climb trees to pick cocoanuts for her . Think of that president man with Lord ...
... say she's got all the ladies of mythology , sculp- ture , and fiction reduced to chromos . They say she can look at a man once , and he'll turn monkey and climb trees to pick cocoanuts for her . Think of that president man with Lord ...
Pagina 24
... say no . Isn't it warm ? I feel just like Mariana in her moated grange- or was it a range ? -it's hot enough . ' 99 " No , there's no news to tell , I believe , " said Good- win , with a mischievous look in his eye , " except that old ...
... say no . Isn't it warm ? I feel just like Mariana in her moated grange- or was it a range ? -it's hot enough . ' 99 " No , there's no news to tell , I believe , " said Good- win , with a mischievous look in his eye , " except that old ...
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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