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 26
... thought , the State Department , upon reading his introduction , would notice and then he leaned back in his chair and laughed . He was get- ting as bad as the others . For the moment he had forgotten that Coralio was an insignificant ...
... thought , the State Department , upon reading his introduction , would notice and then he leaned back in his chair and laughed . He was get- ting as bad as the others . For the moment he had forgotten that Coralio was an insignificant ...
Pagina 36
... other finger decoration . Geddie thought he could make out the familiar " I P " ; and a queer sensation of disquietude went over him . More personal and intimate was this reminder of her than had been the sight of the 36 Cabbages and Kings.
... other finger decoration . Geddie thought he could make out the familiar " I P " ; and a queer sensation of disquietude went over him . More personal and intimate was this reminder of her than had been the sight of the 36 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 38
... thought upon even trifling matters . He began to speculate upon many fanciful theories concerning the story of the bottle , rejecting each in turn . Ships in danger of wreck or disablement sometimes cast forth such precarious messengers ...
... thought upon even trifling matters . He began to speculate upon many fanciful theories concerning the story of the bottle , rejecting each in turn . Ships in danger of wreck or disablement sometimes cast forth such precarious messengers ...
Pagina 39
... thought stirred his pride and subdued what- ever emotions had been resurrected by the finding of the bottle . Geddie put on his coat and hat and walked out . He followed a street that led him along the border of the little plaza where a ...
... thought stirred his pride and subdued what- ever emotions had been resurrected by the finding of the bottle . Geddie put on his coat and hat and walked out . He followed a street that led him along the border of the little plaza where a ...
Pagina 50
... Thought I'd pay my respects to the flag . " - " Sit down , " said Geddie . " I've been admiring your craft ever since it came in sight . Looks like a fast sailer . What's her tonnage ? " " Search me ! " said Smith . " I don't know what ...
... Thought I'd pay my respects to the flag . " - " Sit down , " said Geddie . " I've been admiring your craft ever since it came in sight . Looks like a fast sailer . What's her tonnage ? " " Search me ! " said Smith . " I don't know what ...
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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