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 30
... took his seat , and unrolled with luxurious laziness his bundle of newspapers . Here in Coralio for two days or longer he would read of goings - on in the world very much as we of the world read those whimsical contributions to inexact ...
... took his seat , and unrolled with luxurious laziness his bundle of newspapers . Here in Coralio for two days or longer he would read of goings - on in the world very much as we of the world read those whimsical contributions to inexact ...
Pagina 31
... took his pa- pers to 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 ...
... took his pa- pers to 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 ...
Pagina 41
... took the bottle in his hand , and walked down the path to the beach . The There was a moon , and the sea was glorious . breeze had shifted , as it did each evening , and was now rushing steadily seaward . Stepping to the water's edge ...
... took the bottle in his hand , and walked down the path to the beach . The There was a moon , and the sea was glorious . breeze had shifted , as it did each evening , and was now rushing steadily seaward . Stepping to the water's edge ...
Pagina 44
O. Henry. III SMITH GOODWIN and the ardent patriot , Zavalla , took all the precautions that their foresight could contrive to prevent the escape of President Miraflores and his companion . They sent trusted messengers up the coast to ...
O. Henry. III SMITH GOODWIN and the ardent patriot , Zavalla , took all the precautions that their foresight could contrive to prevent the escape of President Miraflores and his companion . They sent trusted messengers up the coast to ...
Pagina 46
... took out the quarantine doctor with his green umbrella and clinical thermometer . Next a swarm of Caribs began to load upon lighters the thousands of bunches of bananas heaped upon the shore and row them out to the steamer . The ...
... took out the quarantine doctor with his green umbrella and clinical thermometer . Next a swarm of Caribs began to load upon lighters the thousands of bunches of bananas heaped upon the shore and row them out to the steamer . The ...
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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