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 5
... smile , wresting from her a gift greater than the prize withdrawn . Of the American , Don Frank Goodwin , and of his wife the natives have nothing but good to say . Don Frank has lived among them for years , and has com- pelled their ...
... smile , wresting from her a gift greater than the prize withdrawn . Of the American , Don Frank Goodwin , and of his wife the natives have nothing but good to say . Don Frank has lived among them for years , and has com- pelled their ...
Pagina 11
... smiling jailer , but even more incorruptible than the frowning moun- tains . The waves swished along the smooth beach ; the parrots screamed in the orange and ceiba - trees ; the palms waved their limber fronds foolishly like an awkward ...
... smiling jailer , but even more incorruptible than the frowning moun- tains . The waves swished along the smooth beach ; the parrots screamed in the orange and ceiba - trees ; the palms waved their limber fronds foolishly like an awkward ...
Pagina 23
... smile . There was little dif- ' ference in his manner whether he addressed women or men . Everybody in Coralio liked to receive the salu- tation of the big American . " Is there any news , Mr. Goodwin ? Please " Fox - in - the - Morning ...
... smile . There was little dif- ' ference in his manner whether he addressed women or men . Everybody in Coralio liked to receive the salu- tation of the big American . " Is there any news , Mr. Goodwin ? Please " Fox - in - the - Morning ...
Pagina 37
... smile both of perplexity and amusement in Geddie's eyes as he set the bottle down , and laid three cigars side by side on his desk . He fetched his steamer chair from the gallery , and stretched himself comfortably . He would smoke ...
... smile both of perplexity and amusement in Geddie's eyes as he set the bottle down , and laid three cigars side by side on his desk . He fetched his steamer chair from the gallery , and stretched himself comfortably . He would smoke ...
Pagina 68
... smile . " I hear that your cognac is the best between Belize to the north and Rio to the south . Set out the bottle , Madama , and let us have the proof in un vasito for each of us . " " My aguardiente , " said Madama , with pride ...
... smile . " I hear that your cognac is the best between Belize to the north and Rio to the south . Set out the bottle , Madama , and let us have the proof in un vasito for each of us . " " My aguardiente , " said Madama , with pride ...
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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