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
... valise as a souvenir of his tempestuous administration , was never afterward recovered . For a real , a boy will show you his grave . It is back of the town near a little bridge that spans a mangrove swamp . A plain slab of wood stands ...
... valise as a souvenir of his tempestuous administration , was never afterward recovered . For a real , a boy will show you his grave . It is back of the town near a little bridge that spans a mangrove swamp . A plain slab of wood stands ...
Pagina 65
... valise , hurry down the cross- street in the direction of the beach . And Goodwin's second glance made him aware of a woman at the man's elbow on the farther side , who seemed to urge forward , if not even to assist , her companion in ...
... valise , hurry down the cross- street in the direction of the beach . And Goodwin's second glance made him aware of a woman at the man's elbow on the farther side , who seemed to urge forward , if not even to assist , her companion in ...
Pagina 70
... valise . That is the point which brings me here . I have come to dic- tate terms of surrender . " The lady neither moved nor replied , but steadily regarded the cigar in Goodwin's hand . " We , " continued the dictator , thoughtfully re ...
... valise . That is the point which brings me here . I have come to dic- tate terms of surrender . " The lady neither moved nor replied , but steadily regarded the cigar in Goodwin's hand . " We , " continued the dictator , thoughtfully re ...
Pagina 72
... valise containing the money , and we will call the affair ended . " The lady arose from her chair and stood for a mo- ment , thinking deeply . " Do you live here , Mr. Goodwin ? " she asked , presently . " Yes . " " What is your ...
... valise containing the money , and we will call the affair ended . " The lady arose from her chair and stood for a mo- ment , thinking deeply . " Do you live here , Mr. Goodwin ? " she asked , presently . " Yes . " " What is your ...
Pagina 74
... valise that you seem to covet so , and show it to you . " She moved toward the closed door that connected the two rooms , but stopped , and half turned and be- stowed upon Goodwin a grave , searching look that ended in a quizzical smile ...
... valise that you seem to covet so , and show it to you . " She moved toward the closed door that connected the two rooms , but stopped , and half turned and be- stowed upon Goodwin a grave , searching look that ended in a quizzical smile ...
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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