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
... consul for the United States . Out from the door of this building tumbled Goodwin at the call . He had been smoking with Willard Ged- die , the consul , on the back porch of the consulate , which was conceded to be the coolest spot in ...
... consul for the United States . Out from the door of this building tumbled Goodwin at the call . He had been smoking with Willard Ged- die , the consul , on the back porch of the consulate , which was conceded to be the coolest spot in ...
Pagina 24
... had 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.
... had 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.
Pagina 25
... consul for his lack of hospitality . 66 " I shall complain to the civil service department , " said Goodwin ; - " or is it a department ? - perhaps it's only a theory . One gets neither civility nor serv- ice from you . You won't talk ...
... consul for his lack of hospitality . 66 " I shall complain to the civil service department , " said Goodwin ; - " or is it a department ? - perhaps it's only a theory . One gets neither civility nor serv- ice from you . You won't talk ...
Pagina 26
... consul . Perhaps , he thought , the State Department , upon reading his introduction , would notice — and then he leaned back in his chair and laughed . He was get- ting as bad as the others . For the moment he had forgotten that ...
... consul . Perhaps , he thought , the State Department , upon reading his introduction , would notice — and then he leaned back in his chair and laughed . He was get- ting as bad as the others . For the moment he had forgotten that ...
Pagina 27
... consul sauntered by a roundabout , shaded way to the beach . By reason of long practice he gauged his stroll so accurately that by the time he arrived on the sandy shore the boat of the customs officials was rowing back from the steamer ...
... consul sauntered by a roundabout , shaded way to the beach . By reason of long practice he gauged his stroll so accurately that by the time he arrived on the sandy shore the boat of the customs officials was rowing back from the steamer ...
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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