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 17
... knew before that Presi- dent Norvin Green had stamped it with the seal of his approval . ' Tis now no longer literature , but lan- guage . The dictionaries tried , but they couldn't make it go for anything but dialect . Sure , now that ...
... knew before that Presi- dent Norvin Green had stamped it with the seal of his approval . ' Tis now no longer literature , but lan- guage . The dictionaries tried , but they couldn't make it go for anything but dialect . Sure , now that ...
Pagina 26
... knew that not one in fifty of his acquaint- ances in the States had ever heard of Coralio . He knew that two men , at any rate , would have to read his report some underling in the State Department and a compositor in the Public ...
... knew that not one in fifty of his acquaint- ances in the States had ever heard of Coralio . He knew that two men , at any rate , would have to read his report some underling in the State Department and a compositor in the Public ...
Pagina 27
... knew it to be the Valhalla , one of the line of fruit vessels plying for the Vesuvius Company . Down to niños of five years , everyone in Coralio could name you each in- coming steamer by the note of her siren . The consul sauntered by ...
... knew it to be the Valhalla , one of the line of fruit vessels plying for the Vesuvius Company . Down to niños of five years , everyone in Coralio could name you each in- coming steamer by the note of her siren . The consul sauntered by ...
Pagina 35
... had been erased . He knew that men sometimes hope without being aware of it . Now , since she had come two thousand miles and had passed without a sign , not even his unconscious self need The Lotus and the Bottle 35.
... had been erased . He knew that men sometimes hope without being aware of it . Now , since she had come two thousand miles and had passed without a sign , not even his unconscious self need The Lotus and the Bottle 35.
Pagina 38
... knew he was in Coralio ; she must have launched the bottle while the yacht was passing and the wind blowing fairly toward the shore . As soon as Geddie reached this conclusion a wrinkle came between his brows and a stubborn look settled ...
... knew he was in Coralio ; she must have launched the bottle while the yacht was passing and the wind blowing fairly toward the shore . As soon as Geddie reached this conclusion a wrinkle came between his brows and a stubborn look settled ...
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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