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 23
... There was little dif- ' ference in his manner whether he addressed women or men . Everybody in Coralio liked to receive the salu- tation of the big American . " Is there any news , Mr. Goodwin ? Please " Fox - in - the - Morning " 23.
... There was little dif- ' ference in his manner whether he addressed women or men . Everybody in Coralio liked to receive the salu- tation of the big American . " Is there any news , Mr. Goodwin ? Please " Fox - in - the - Morning " 23.
Pagina 31
... American and South American coasts and among the Bahama Is- lands . Among the guests were Mrs. Cumberland Payne and Miss Ida Payne , of Norfolk . The writer , with the fatuous presumption that was demanded of him by his readers , had ...
... American and South American coasts and among the Bahama Is- lands . Among the guests were Mrs. Cumberland Payne and Miss Ida Payne , of Norfolk . The writer , with the fatuous presumption that was demanded of him by his readers , had ...
Pagina 51
... American chaps that are good to know , besides the native high - fliers . " " Thanks , " said the yachtsman , " but I wouldn't put you to the trouble . I'd like to meet the guys you speak of , but I won't be here long enough to do much ...
... American chaps that are good to know , besides the native high - fliers . " " Thanks , " said the yachtsman , " but I wouldn't put you to the trouble . I'd like to meet the guys you speak of , but I won't be here long enough to do much ...
Pagina 65
... American was too broad to feel the instinct of the detective . He stood as an agent for the people of Anchuria , and but for political reasons he would have demanded then and there the money . It was the design of his party to secure ...
... American was too broad to feel the instinct of the detective . He stood as an agent for the people of Anchuria , and but for political reasons he would have demanded then and there the money . It was the design of his party to secure ...
Pagina 69
... American revolver that he carried , and ascended the steep , dark stairway . In the hallway above , the saffron light from a hanging lamp allowed him to select the gaudy num- bers on the doors . He turned the knob of Number 9 , entered ...
... American revolver that he carried , and ascended the steep , dark stairway . In the hallway above , the saffron light from a hanging lamp allowed him to select the gaudy num- bers on the doors . He turned the knob of Number 9 , entered ...
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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