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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... BOTTLE • PAGE 3 · 11 25 III . SMITH IV . CAUGHT V. CUPID'S EXILE NUMBER TWO . VI . THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT VII . MONEY MAZE 44 · 62 82 • . • 92 • • · • 113 VIII . THE ADMIRAL • . 130 IX . THE FLAG PARAMOUNT X. THE SHAMROCK AND THE ...
... BOTTLE • PAGE 3 · 11 25 III . SMITH IV . CAUGHT V. CUPID'S EXILE NUMBER TWO . VI . THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT VII . MONEY MAZE 44 · 62 82 • . • 92 • • · • 113 VIII . THE ADMIRAL • . 130 IX . THE FLAG PARAMOUNT X. THE SHAMROCK AND THE ...
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... been a mestizo lady , and the Spanish blood had brought to Paula a certain shyness that was an adornment to the other half of her demonstrative nature . II THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE WILLARD GEDDIE , consul 24 Cabbages and Kings.
... been a mestizo lady , and the Spanish blood had brought to Paula a certain shyness that was an adornment to the other half of her demonstrative nature . II THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE WILLARD GEDDIE , consul 24 Cabbages and Kings.
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O. Henry. II THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE WILLARD GEDDIE , consul for the United States in Coralio , was working leisurely on his yearly report . Goodwin , who had strolled in as he did daily for a smoke on the much ... BOTTLE PAGE 3.
O. Henry. II THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE WILLARD GEDDIE , consul for the United States in Coralio , was working leisurely on his yearly report . Goodwin , who had strolled in as he did daily for a smoke on the much ... BOTTLE PAGE 3.
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... from shore . When they take on fruit it is conveyed on lighters and freighter sloops . At Solitas , where there was a fine harbour , ships of kinds were to many be seen , but in the roadstead off Coralio scarcely The Lotus and the Bottle ...
... from shore . When they take on fruit it is conveyed on lighters and freighter sloops . At Solitas , where there was a fine harbour , ships of kinds were to many be seen , but in the roadstead off Coralio scarcely The Lotus and the Bottle ...
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... the side of the gallery facing the sea- a spot famous as the coolest in Coralio . The break- fast consisted of shark's fin soup , stew of land crabs , breadfruit , a boiled iguana steak , aguacates , a The Lotus and the Bottle 29.
... the side of the gallery facing the sea- a spot famous as the coolest in Coralio . The break- fast consisted of shark's fin soup , stew of land crabs , breadfruit , a boiled iguana steak , aguacates , a The Lotus and the Bottle 29.
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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