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 31
... the edge of the gallery , and sat there in his favourite steamer chair with his feet on the bamboo railing . He lighted a cigar , and looked out upon the sea . He felt a glow of satisfaction at finding The Lotus and the Bottle 31.
... the edge of the gallery , and sat there in his favourite steamer chair with his feet on the bamboo railing . He lighted a cigar , and looked out upon the sea . He felt a glow of satisfaction at finding The Lotus and the Bottle 31.
Pagina 37
... cigars side by side on his desk . He fetched his steamer chair from the gallery , and stretched himself comfortably . He would smoke those three cigars while considering the problem . For it amounted to a problem . He almost wished that ...
... cigars side by side on his desk . He fetched his steamer chair from the gallery , and stretched himself comfortably . He would smoke those three cigars while considering the problem . For it amounted to a problem . He almost wished that ...
Pagina 41
... cigar , and took the bottle in his hand , and walked down the path to the beach . There was a moon , and the sea was glorious . The breeze had shifted , as it did each evening , and was now rushing steadily seaward . Stepping to the ...
... cigar , and took the bottle in his hand , and walked down the path to the beach . There was a moon , and the sea was glorious . The breeze had shifted , as it did each evening , and was now rushing steadily seaward . Stepping to the ...
Pagina 59
... cigars lying around him , Smith sat waiting , never relaxing his sharp gaze in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated his interest upon the innocent fruiter . Twice had he been assured that no ...
... cigars lying around him , Smith sat waiting , never relaxing his sharp gaze in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated his interest upon the innocent fruiter . Twice had he been assured that no ...
Pagina 61
... cigar stumps around the cocoanut palm that night . This he must do ; for , when he sailed away before the dawn in his yacht Rambler , he carried with him the answer to a riddle so big and preposterous that few in Anchuria had ventured ...
... cigar stumps around the cocoanut palm that night . This he must do ; for , when he sailed away before the dawn in his yacht Rambler , he carried with him the answer to a riddle so big and preposterous that few in Anchuria had ventured ...
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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