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 28
... night a sloop or two would be making strange trips in and out along the shore ; and in the morning the stock of Three- Star Hennessey , wines and drygoods in Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the ...
... night a sloop or two would be making strange trips in and out along the shore ; and in the morning the stock of Three- Star Hennessey , wines and drygoods in Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the ...
Pagina 33
... nights with all he was more than content . Also , there was Paula Brannigan . - Geddie intended to marry Paula - if , of course , she would consent ; but he felt rather sure that she would do that . Somehow , he kept postponing his ...
... nights with all he was more than content . Also , there was Paula Brannigan . - Geddie intended to marry Paula - if , of course , she would consent ; but he felt rather sure that she would do that . Somehow , he kept postponing his ...
Pagina 37
... night had crowded precipitately upon the brief twilight - he began to examine his piece of sea salvage . By holding the bottle near the light and turning it judiciously , he made out that it contained a double sheet of note - paper ...
... night had crowded precipitately upon the brief twilight - he began to examine his piece of sea salvage . By holding the bottle near the light and turning it judiciously , he made out that it contained a double sheet of note - paper ...
Pagina 40
... night he was happier than he had ever been before . " Here in this hollow lotus land , ever to live and lie reclined " seemed to him , as it has seemed to many mariners , the best as well as the easiest . His future would be an ideal ...
... night he was happier than he had ever been before . " Here in this hollow lotus land , ever to live and lie reclined " seemed to him , as it has seemed to many mariners , the best as well as the easiest . His future would be an ideal ...
Pagina 46
... night . The Karlsefin had come , he said , from New York , to which port her latest load of oranges and cocoanuts had been con- veyed . Two or three of the freighter sloops were en- gaged to assist in the work , for the captain was anx ...
... night . The Karlsefin had come , he said , from New York , to which port her latest load of oranges and cocoanuts had been con- veyed . Two or three of the freighter sloops were en- gaged to assist in the work , for the captain was anx ...
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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