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 30
... York journals are supposed to take their Sabbath literary nap . Opening this the consul rested it upon the table , supporting its weight with the aid of the back of a chair . Then he partook of his meal deliberately , turning the leaves ...
... York journals are supposed to take their Sabbath literary nap . Opening this the consul rested it upon the table , supporting its weight with the aid of the back of a chair . Then he partook of his meal deliberately , turning the leaves ...
Pagina 45
... York , according to the distribu- tion of the fruit supply . Goodwin lounged upon the beach with the usual ' crowd of idlers that had gathered to view the steamer . Now that President Miraflores might be expected to reach the borders of ...
... York , according to the distribu- tion of the fruit supply . Goodwin lounged upon the beach with the usual ' crowd of idlers that had gathered to view the steamer . Now that President Miraflores might be expected to reach the borders of ...
Pagina 46
... York , to which port her latest load of oranges and cocoanuts had been con- veyed . Two or three of the freighter sloops were en- gaged to assist in the work , for the captain was anx- ious to make a quick return in order to reap the ...
... York , to which port her latest load of oranges and cocoanuts had been con- veyed . Two or three of the freighter sloops were en- gaged to assist in the work , for the captain was anx- ious to make a quick return in order to reap the ...
Pagina 50
... York . They get monkeys , and cocoanuts , and par- rots down here is that right ? " Cred " We have them all , " said Geddie . " I'm quite sure that our fauna and flora would take a prize over Central Park . " " Maybe they would ...
... York . They get monkeys , and cocoanuts , and par- rots down here is that right ? " Cred " We have them all , " said Geddie . " I'm quite sure that our fauna and flora would take a prize over Central Park . " " Maybe they would ...
Pagina 51
... York , I believe . No ; she brought no passengers . her boat come ashore , and there was no one . the only exciting recreation we have here is watching steamers when they arrive ; and a passenger on one of them generally causes the ...
... York , I believe . No ; she brought no passengers . her boat come ashore , and there was no one . the only exciting recreation we have here is watching steamers when they arrive ; and a passenger on one of them generally causes the ...
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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