Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page & Company for Review of Reviews, 1916 - 312 pagine A 1904 novel made up of interlinked short stories, written by O. Henry and set in a fictitious Central American country called the Republic of Anchuria. It takes its title from the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", featured in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. Its plot contains famous elements in the poem: shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings. It was inspired by the characters and situations that O. Henry encountered in Honduras in the late 1890s. |
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... NUMBER TWO . VI . THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT VII . MONEY MAZE 44 · 62 82 • . • 92 • • · • 113 VIII . THE ADMIRAL • . 130 IX . THE FLAG PARAMOUNT X. THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM · 144 • 161 XI . THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE · • . 189 XII ...
... NUMBER TWO . VI . THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT VII . MONEY MAZE 44 · 62 82 • . • 92 • • · • 113 VIII . THE ADMIRAL • . 130 IX . THE FLAG PARAMOUNT X. THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM · 144 • 161 XI . THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE · • . 189 XII ...
Pagina 69
... Number 9 , entered and closed the door behind him . If that was Isabel Guilbert seated by the table in that poorly furnished room , report had failed to do her charms justice . She rested her head upon one hand . Extreme fatigue was ...
... Number 9 , entered and closed the door behind him . If that was Isabel Guilbert seated by the table in that poorly furnished room , report had failed to do her charms justice . She rested her head upon one hand . Extreme fatigue was ...
Pagina 71
... Number 10 upon his taste in feminine charms . " Returning his cigar to his mouth , Goodwin ob- served her , and saw that her eyes followed it and rested upon it with icy and significant concentration . Apparently she had not heard a ...
... Number 10 upon his taste in feminine charms . " Returning his cigar to his mouth , Goodwin ob- served her , and saw that her eyes followed it and rested upon it with icy and significant concentration . Apparently she had not heard a ...
Pagina 72
... Number 10 has betrayed a great trust . He has robbed his people of a large sum , and it is I who will prevent their losing it . I do not say who that gentleman is ; but if I should be forced to see him and he should prove to be a ...
... Number 10 has betrayed a great trust . He has robbed his people of a large sum , and it is I who will prevent their losing it . I do not say who that gentleman is ; but if I should be forced to see him and he should prove to be a ...
Pagina 73
... Number 10. " - " May I ask you two or three questions ? I be- lieve you to be a man more apt to be truthful than timid . What sort of a town is this think they call it ? " - Coralio , I " Not much of a town , " said Goodwin , smiling ...
... Number 10. " - " May I ask you two or three questions ? I be- lieve you to be a man more apt to be truthful than timid . What sort of a town is this think they call it ? " - Coralio , I " Not much of a town , " said Goodwin , smiling ...
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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 Johnny's Karlsefin lady land laughed looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic 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 tintype took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla