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 30
... view of the florid headlines of the column next to the picture . Yes ; he was not mistaken . The engraving was of the eight - hundred - ton yacht Idalia , belonging to " that prince of good fellows , Midas of the 30 Cabbages and Kings.
... view of the florid headlines of the column next to the picture . Yes ; he was not mistaken . The engraving was of the eight - hundred - ton yacht Idalia , belonging to " that prince of good fellows , Midas of the 30 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 31
... yacht's furnishings , and then the grain of news no bigger than a mustard seed . Mr. Tolliver , with a party of favoured guests , would sail the next day on a six weeks ' cruise along the Central American and South American coasts and ...
... yacht's furnishings , and then the grain of news no bigger than a mustard seed . Mr. Tolliver , with a party of favoured guests , would sail the next day on a six weeks ' cruise along the Central American and South American coasts and ...
Pagina 35
... yacht as she drew swiftly near , and came opposite to Coralio . Then , sitting upright , he saw her float steadily past and on . Scarcely a mile of sea had separated her from the shore . He had seen the frequent flash of her polished ...
... yacht as she drew swiftly near , and came opposite to Coralio . Then , sitting upright , he saw her float steadily past and on . Scarcely a mile of sea had separated her from the shore . He had seen the frequent flash of her polished ...
Pagina 38
... yacht was passing and the wind blowing fairly to- ward the shore . As soon as Geddie reached this conclusion a wrinkle came between his brows and a stubborn look settled around his mouth . He sat looking out through the 38 Cabbages and ...
... yacht was passing and the wind blowing fairly to- ward the shore . As soon as Geddie reached this conclusion a wrinkle came between his brows and a stubborn look settled around his mouth . He sat looking out through the 38 Cabbages and ...
Pagina 46
... yacht , painted a light buff , clean- cut as a steel engraving . The beautiful vessel ho- vered off shore , see - sawing the waves as lightly as a duck in a rain barrel . A swift boat manned by a crew in uniform came ashore , and a ...
... yacht , painted a light buff , clean- cut as a steel engraving . The beautiful vessel ho- vered off shore , see - sawing the waves as lightly as a duck in a rain barrel . A swift boat manned by a crew in uniform came ashore , and a ...
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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