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
... eye . When the telegram had been delivered , and the bearer of it dismissed with a gratuity , the re- lieved populace returned to the contiguities of shade from which curiosity had drawn it- the women to their baking in the mud ovens ...
... eye . When the telegram had been delivered , and the bearer of it dismissed with a gratuity , the re- lieved populace returned to the contiguities of shade from which curiosity had drawn it- the women to their baking in the mud ovens ...
Pagina 14
... eye politic in An- churia was an active one . The Ins and the Outs were perpetually on their guard . But Englehart was a diplomatist . There existed but one code upon which he might make requisition with promise of safety — the great ...
... eye politic in An- churia was an active one . The Ins and the Outs were perpetually on their guard . But Englehart was a diplomatist . There existed but one code upon which he might make requisition with promise of safety — the great ...
Pagina 24
... eye , " except that old Geddie is getting grumpier and crosser every day . If something doesn't happen to relieve his mind I'll have to quit smoking on his back porch and there's - no other place available that is cool enough . " 66 ...
... eye , " except that old Geddie is getting grumpier and crosser every day . If something doesn't happen to relieve his mind I'll have to quit smoking on his back porch and there's - no other place available that is cool enough . " 66 ...
Pagina 35
... eyes upon the beautiful white yacht as she drew swiftly near , and came opposite to Coralio . Then , sitting upright , he saw her float steadily past and on . Scarcely a mile of sea had separated her from the shore . He had seen the ...
... eyes upon the beautiful white yacht as she drew swiftly near , and came opposite to Coralio . Then , sitting upright , he saw her float steadily past and on . Scarcely a mile of sea had separated her from the shore . He had seen the ...
Pagina 37
... eyes as he set the bottle down , and laid three 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 ...
... eyes as he set the bottle down , and laid three 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 ...
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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