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 17
... of a breech - loader . This little literary essay I hold in my hands means a game of Fox - in - the - Morn- ing . Ever play that , Frank , when you was a kid ? " " I think so , " said Goodwin , laughing " Fox - in - the - Morning " 17.
... of a breech - loader . This little literary essay I hold in my hands means a game of Fox - in - the - Morn- ing . Ever play that , Frank , when you was a kid ? " " I think so , " said Goodwin , laughing " Fox - in - the - Morning " 17.
Pagina 18
... played . This president man and his companion in play , they stand up over in San Mateo , ready for the run , and shout : ' Fox - in - the- Morning ! Me and you , standing here , we say : ' Goose and the Gander ! ' How many miles is it ...
... played . This president man and his companion in play , they stand up over in San Mateo , ready for the run , and shout : ' Fox - in - the- Morning ! Me and you , standing here , we say : ' Goose and the Gander ! ' How many miles is it ...
Pagina 19
... play , and mate in three moves . Oh , goosey , goosey , gander , whither do you wander ? By the blessing of the literary telegraph the boodle of this benighted fatherland shall be preserved to the honest political party that is seeking ...
... play , and mate in three moves . Oh , goosey , goosey , gander , whither do you wander ? By the blessing of the literary telegraph the boodle of this benighted fatherland shall be preserved to the honest political party that is seeking ...
Pagina 25
... com- pleted for the interception of the fugitives from the capital ; and now it was but a waiting game that he had to play . The consul was interested in his report . He was only twenty - four ; and he had not been 25 II.
... com- pleted for the interception of the fugitives from the capital ; and now it was but a waiting game that he had to play . The consul was interested in his report . He was only twenty - four ; and he had not been 25 II.
Pagina 31
... played coyly and insinuatingly upon the strings of " on dit " and " Madame Rumour " and " a little bird " and " no one would be surprised , " and ended with congratulations . Geddie , having finished his breakfast , took his pa- pers to ...
... played coyly and insinuatingly upon the strings of " on dit " and " Madame Rumour " and " a little bird " and " no one would be surprised , " and ended with congratulations . Geddie , having finished his breakfast , took his pa- pers to ...
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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