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 207
... Pasa , her daughter , that went to school in the States — she brought back some civilized notions in the way of foot gear . And there's the comandante's sister that dresses up her feet on feast - days — and Mrs. Geddie , who wears a two ...
... Pasa , her daughter , that went to school in the States — she brought back some civilized notions in the way of foot gear . And there's the comandante's sister that dresses up her feet on feast - days — and Mrs. Geddie , who wears a two ...
Pagina 261
... for he was drinking and playing cards half the day and night with the coman- dante , the collector of customs , the Jefe Politico and other gay dogs among the native officials . One day Dicky saw Pasa , the daughter of Madama Dicky 261.
... for he was drinking and playing cards half the day and night with the coman- dante , the collector of customs , the Jefe Politico and other gay dogs among the native officials . One day Dicky saw Pasa , the daughter of Madama Dicky 261.
Pagina 262
... Pasa " La Santita Naranjadita . " Naranjadita is a Spanish word for a certain colour that you must go to more trouble to describe in English . By saying " The little saint , tinted the most beautiful - delicate - slightly - orange ...
... Pasa " La Santita Naranjadita . " Naranjadita is a Spanish word for a certain colour that you must go to more trouble to describe in English . By saying " The little saint , tinted the most beautiful - delicate - slightly - orange ...
Pagina 263
... Pasa sat by the window in the room next to the one where they drank , and strummed dreamily upon her guitar . And then , by twos and threes , would come visiting young caballeros and oc- cupy the prim line of chairs set against the wall ...
... Pasa sat by the window in the room next to the one where they drank , and strummed dreamily upon her guitar . And then , by twos and threes , would come visiting young caballeros and oc- cupy the prim line of chairs set against the wall ...
Pagina 264
... Pasa was descended from the proudest Spanish families in the country . Moreover , she had had un- usual advantages . Two years in a New Orleans school had elevated her ambitions and fitted her for a fate above the ordinary maidens of ...
... Pasa was descended from the proudest Spanish families in the country . Moreover , she had had un- usual advantages . Two years in a New Orleans school had elevated her ambitions and fitted her for a fate above the ordinary maidens of ...
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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