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 13
... white linen , with buckskin zapatos . His manner was courtly , with a sort of kindly truculence in it , tempered by a merciful eye . When the telegram had been delivered , and the bearer of it dismissed with a gratuity , the re- lieved ...
... white linen , with buckskin zapatos . His manner was courtly , with a sort of kindly truculence in it , tempered by a merciful eye . When the telegram had been delivered , and the bearer of it dismissed with a gratuity , the re- lieved ...
Pagina 23
... White House " of the President of An- churia . On the principal street running along the beach — the Broadway of Coralio — were the larger stores , the government bodega and post - office , the cuartel , the rum - shops and the market ...
... White House " of the President of An- churia . On the principal street running along the beach — the Broadway of Coralio — were the larger stores , the government bodega and post - office , the cuartel , the rum - shops and the market ...
Pagina 33
... white tropic ― nights - with all he was more than content . there was Paula Brannigan . Also , Geddie intended to marry Paula - if , of course , she would consent ; but he felt rather sure that she would do that . Somehow , he kept ...
... white tropic ― nights - with all he was more than content . there was Paula Brannigan . Also , Geddie intended to marry Paula - if , of course , she would consent ; but he felt rather sure that she would do that . Somehow , he kept ...
Pagina 34
... the native women in their huts , the song of the robin , the salt taste of the breeze , the diminu- endo of the faint surf running along the shore- and , gradually , of a white speck , growing to a 34 Cabbages and Kings.
... the native women in their huts , the song of the robin , the salt taste of the breeze , the diminu- endo of the faint surf running along the shore- and , gradually , of a white speck , growing to a 34 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 35
... white 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 ...
... white 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 ...
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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