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 3
O. Henry. THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER THEY will tell you in Anchuria , that President Miraflores , of that volatile republic , died by his own hand in the coast town of Coralio ; that he had reached thus far in flight from the ...
O. Henry. THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER THEY will tell you in Anchuria , that President Miraflores , of that volatile republic , died by his own hand in the coast town of Coralio ; that he had reached thus far in flight from the ...
Pagina 18
... tell you how it's played . This president man and his companion in play , they stand up over in San Mateo , ready for the run , and shout : ' Fox - in - the- Morning ! Me and you , standing here , we say : ' Goose and the Gander ! ' How ...
... tell you how it's played . This president man and his companion in play , they stand up over in San Mateo , ready for the run , and shout : ' Fox - in - the- Morning ! Me and you , standing here , we say : ' Goose and the Gander ! ' How ...
Pagina 24
... tell , I believe , " said Good- win , with a mischievous look in his eye , " except that old Geddie is getting grumpier and crosser every day . If something doesn't happen to relieve his mind I'll have to quit smoking on his back porch ...
... tell , I believe , " said Good- win , with a mischievous look in his eye , " except that old Geddie is getting grumpier and crosser every day . If something doesn't happen to relieve his mind I'll have to quit smoking on his back porch ...
Pagina 51
... meet the guys you speak of , but I won't be here long enough to do much knocking around . That cool gent on the beach spoke of a doctor ; can you tell me where I could find him ? The Rambler ain't quite as steady on her feet as Smith 51.
... meet the guys you speak of , but I won't be here long enough to do much knocking around . That cool gent on the beach spoke of a doctor ; can you tell me where I could find him ? The Rambler ain't quite as steady on her feet as Smith 51.
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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