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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Pagina 286
... Olivarra , Anchuria's most popular ruler . Olivarra had been assassinated nine years before while in the prime of life and useful- ness . A faction of the Liberal party led by Losada himself had been accused of the deed . Whether guilty ...
... Olivarra , Anchuria's most popular ruler . Olivarra had been assassinated nine years before while in the prime of life and useful- ness . A faction of the Liberal party led by Losada himself had been accused of the deed . Whether guilty ...
Pagina 287
... Olivarra in Coralio , when his appearance at their fiestas was the signal for thun- dering vivas of love and approbation . The first public expression of sentiment from the people that day followed . A low , sustained murmur went among ...
... Olivarra in Coralio , when his appearance at their fiestas was the signal for thun- dering vivas of love and approbation . The first public expression of sentiment from the people that day followed . A low , sustained murmur went among ...
Pagina 288
... Olivarra is dead dead at the hands of a craven assassin ! " The speaker turned and gazed boldly into the car- riage of the president . His arm remained extended aloft as if to sustain his peroration . The president was listening ...
... Olivarra is dead dead at the hands of a craven assassin ! " The speaker turned and gazed boldly into the car- riage of the president . His arm remained extended aloft as if to sustain his peroration . The president was listening ...
Pagina 289
... Olivarra's assassin , or to his son ? " - " Olivarra ! Olivarra ! " the crowd shrieked and howled . All vociferated the magic name men , women , children and the parrots . And the enthusiasm was not confined to the blood of the plebs ...
... Olivarra's assassin , or to his son ? " - " Olivarra ! Olivarra ! " the crowd shrieked and howled . All vociferated the magic name men , women , children and the parrots . And the enthusiasm was not confined to the blood of the plebs ...
Pagina 290
... Olivarra seized that moment to prove himself a born genius and politician . He waved those soldiers aside , and descended the steps to the street . There , without losing his dignity or the dis- tinguished elegance that the loss of his ...
... Olivarra seized that moment to prove himself a born genius and politician . He waved those soldiers aside , and descended the steps to the street . There , without losing his dignity or the dis- tinguished elegance that the loss of his ...
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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