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 42
... called the mate , " and find Dr. Gregg or Mr. Goodwin or anybody that's a friend to Mr. Geddie , and bring ' em here at once . " " Saints of the skies ! " said Simon , sleepily , " noth- ing has happened to Mr. Geddie ? ” " He's under ...
... called the mate , " and find Dr. Gregg or Mr. Goodwin or anybody that's a friend to Mr. Geddie , and bring ' em here at once . " " Saints of the skies ! " said Simon , sleepily , " noth- ing has happened to Mr. Geddie ? ” " He's under ...
Pagina 58
... called to treat a case of contusion of the skull . I made the di- agnosis that a splinter of bone was pressing upon the brain , and that the surgical operation known as tre- panning was required . However , as the patient was a ...
... called to treat a case of contusion of the skull . I made the di- agnosis that a splinter of bone was pressing upon the brain , and that the surgical operation known as tre- panning was required . However , as the patient was a ...
Pagina 77
... belongs , and I have come to convey it back to them . " He thrust his hand into a pocket of his loose , linen coat . The other man's hand went quickly behind him . " Don't draw , " called Goodwin , sharply ; Caught 77.
... belongs , and I have come to convey it back to them . " He thrust his hand into a pocket of his loose , linen coat . The other man's hand went quickly behind him . " Don't draw , " called Goodwin , sharply ; Caught 77.
Pagina 78
O. Henry. " Don't draw , " called Goodwin , sharply ; " I've got you covered from my pocket . " The lady stepped forward , and laid one hand upon the shoulder of her hesitating companion . She pointed to the table . " Tell me the truth ...
O. Henry. " Don't draw , " called Goodwin , sharply ; " I've got you covered from my pocket . " The lady stepped forward , and laid one hand upon the shoulder of her hesitating companion . She pointed to the table . " Tell me the truth ...
Pagina 83
... called Rosine , a name that atoned much for " Hemstetter . " This young woman was possessed of plentiful attrac- tions , so that the young men of the community were agitated in their bosoms . Among the more agitated was Johnny , the son ...
... called Rosine , a name that atoned much for " Hemstetter . " This young woman was possessed of plentiful attrac- tions , so that the young men of the community were agitated in their bosoms . Among the more agitated was Johnny , the son ...
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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