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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... ADMIRAL • . 130 IX . THE FLAG PARAMOUNT X. THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM · 144 • 161 XI . THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE · • . 189 XII . SHOES · 204 XIII . SHIPS 219 XIV . MASTERS OF ARTS . 233 XV . DICKY • 258 XVI . ROUGE ET NOIR XVII . Two ...
... ADMIRAL • . 130 IX . THE FLAG PARAMOUNT X. THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM · 144 • 161 XI . THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE · • . 189 XII . SHOES · 204 XIII . SHIPS 219 XIV . MASTERS OF ARTS . 233 XV . DICKY • 258 XVI . ROUGE ET NOIR XVII . Two ...
Pagina 129
... chief . " I thought I could do it , but I couldn't , " he mut- tered to himself after a time . " A gentleman can't blackmail the man that he drinks with . " VIII THE ADMIRAL SPILLED milk draws few tears from an Money Maze 129.
... chief . " I thought I could do it , but I couldn't , " he mut- tered to himself after a time . " A gentleman can't blackmail the man that he drinks with . " VIII THE ADMIRAL SPILLED milk draws few tears from an Money Maze 129.
Pagina 130
... like a Chinese comedy , to unwind slowly its serial length . Here and there Mirth peeps for an instant from the wings and illumines the florid lines . A dozen quarts of champagne in conjunction with an informal 130 THE ADMIRAL.
... like a Chinese comedy , to unwind slowly its serial length . Here and there Mirth peeps for an instant from the wings and illumines the florid lines . A dozen quarts of champagne in conjunction with an informal 130 THE ADMIRAL.
Pagina 131
... admiral . Next to the champagne the credit of the appoint- ment belongs to Don Sabas Placido , the newly con- firmed Minister of War . The president had requested a convention of his cabinet for the discussion of questions politic and ...
... admiral . Next to the champagne the credit of the appoint- ment belongs to Don Sabas Placido , the newly con- firmed Minister of War . The president had requested a convention of his cabinet for the discussion of questions politic and ...
Pagina 133
... Admiral of the Republic of Anchuria . Thus within the space of a few minutes and the dominion of a dozen " extra dry , " the country The Admiral 133.
... Admiral of the Republic of Anchuria . Thus within the space of a few minutes and the dominion of a dozen " extra dry , " the country The Admiral 133.
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