Cabbages and KingsA. L. Burt Company, 1904 - 312 pagine O. Henry wove together several stories into this highly episodic narrative. Set in the fictional country of Coralio in Central America, a banana republic where larceny is rampant and revolution lurks in every impoverished back alley, this novel offers cutting satire of contemporary politics and prejudices. Yet, in the end, lovers are reunited, poverty obliterated, and sentiment satisfied. |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 6-10 di 11
Pagina 154
... Sabas Placido . Vaya ! what is this molehill of a republic -this pig's head of a country to a man like me ? I am a paisano of everywhere . In Rome , in London , in Paris , in Vienna , you will hear them say : Welcome back , Don Sabas ...
... Sabas Placido . Vaya ! what is this molehill of a republic -this pig's head of a country to a man like me ? I am a paisano of everywhere . In Rome , in London , in Paris , in Vienna , you will hear them say : Welcome back , Don Sabas ...
Pagina 155
... Don Sabas , like a big , brown leopard , leaped for- ward , closed and fastened the hatch and stood , smiling . " No rifles , if you please , dear admiral , " he said . " It was a whimsey of mine once to compile a dic- tionary of the ...
... Don Sabas , like a big , brown leopard , leaped for- ward , closed and fastened the hatch and stood , smiling . " No rifles , if you please , dear admiral , " he said . " It was a whimsey of mine once to compile a dic- tionary of the ...
Pagina 156
... Don Sabas . Advancing to the mast he lowered the flag to the deck , where lay its too loyal supporter . Thus ended the Minister of War's little piece of after - dinner drollery , and by the same hand that began it . Suddenly Don Sabas ...
... Don Sabas . Advancing to the mast he lowered the flag to the deck , where lay its too loyal supporter . Thus ended the Minister of War's little piece of after - dinner drollery , and by the same hand that began it . Suddenly Don Sabas ...
Pagina 157
... Don Sabas comes again to the Königin Strasse . He will let you kneel and touch the folds of it with one finger . O - hé ! old spectacled ransacker of the world ! " Forgotten was the impotent revolution , the danger , the The Flag ...
... Don Sabas comes again to the Königin Strasse . He will let you kneel and touch the folds of it with one finger . O - hé ! old spectacled ransacker of the world ! " Forgotten was the impotent revolution , the danger , the The Flag ...
Pagina 158
... Don Sabas looked perplexed for a moment . " That revolution - ah , yes ! " With a shrug of his shoulders he dismissed the matter . The captain learned of the escape and the im- prisoned crew . " Caribs ? " he said ; " no harm in them ...
... Don Sabas looked perplexed for a moment . " That revolution - ah , yes ! " With a shrug of his shoulders he dismissed the matter . The captain learned of the escape and the im- prisoned crew . " Caribs ? " he said ; " no harm in them ...
Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto
Parole e frasi comuni
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