Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1919 - 312 pagine A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic." |
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Pagina 37
... 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 filled with close writing ; further , that the paper was of the ...
... 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 filled with close writing ; further , that the paper was of the ...
Pagina 38
... began to speculate upon many fanciful theories concerning the story of the bottle , rejecting each in turn . Ships in danger of wreck or disablement sometimes cast forth such precarious messengers calling for aid . But he had seen the ...
... began to speculate upon many fanciful theories concerning the story of the bottle , rejecting each in turn . Ships in danger of wreck or disablement sometimes cast forth such precarious messengers calling for aid . But he had seen the ...
Pagina 46
... began to load upon lighters the thousands of bunches of bananas heaped upon the shore and row them out to the steamer . The Karlsefin had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities . The purser declared ...
... began to load upon lighters the thousands of bunches of bananas heaped upon the shore and row them out to the steamer . The Karlsefin had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities . The purser declared ...
Pagina 66
... began to show between the slats of the jalousies in the upper story of the hotel . " They have engaged rooms , " said Goodwin to himself . " So , then , their arrangements for sailing have yet to be made . ” At that moment there came ...
... began to show between the slats of the jalousies in the upper story of the hotel . " They have engaged rooms , " said Goodwin to himself . " So , then , their arrangements for sailing have yet to be made . ” At that moment there came ...
Pagina 76
... began to unfasten the straps . The lady stood by , with an expression of infinite scorn and weariness upon her face . The valise opened wide to a powerful , sidelong wrench . Goodwin dragged out two or three articles of clothing ...
... began to unfasten the straps . The lady stood by , with an expression of infinite scorn and weariness upon her face . The valise opened wide to a powerful , sidelong wrench . Goodwin dragged out two or three articles of clothing ...
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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 Karlsefin lady land laugh looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic revolution 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 tintypes tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla