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. |
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Pagina 13
... Goodwin at the call . He had been smoking with Willard Ged- die , the consul , on the back porch of the consulate , which was conceded to be the coolest spot in Coralio . " Hurry up , " shouted Keogh . " There's a riot in town on ...
... Goodwin at the call . He had been smoking with Willard Ged- die , the consul , on the back porch of the consulate , which was conceded to be the coolest spot in Coralio . " Hurry up , " shouted Keogh . " There's a riot in town on ...
Pagina 14
... Goodwin sat on Keogh's doorstep , and read his tele- gram . It was from Bob Englehart , an American , who lived in San Mateo , the capital city of Anchuria , eighty miles in the interior . Englehart was a gold miner , an ardent ...
... Goodwin sat on Keogh's doorstep , and read his tele- gram . It was from Bob Englehart , an American , who lived in San Mateo , the capital city of Anchuria , eighty miles in the interior . Englehart was a gold miner , an ardent ...
Pagina 15
... Goodwin stood to win a concession to 30,000 manzanas of the finest coffee lands in the interior . Certain incidents in the recent career of President Miraflores had excited a shrewd suspicion in Goodwin's mind that the government was ...
... Goodwin stood to win a concession to 30,000 manzanas of the finest coffee lands in the interior . Certain incidents in the recent career of President Miraflores had excited a shrewd suspicion in Goodwin's mind that the government was ...
Pagina 16
... Goodwin's understanding . It informed him that the president of the republic had decamped from the capital city with the contents of the treasury . Furthermore , that he was accompanied in his flight by that winning ad- venturess Isabel ...
... Goodwin's understanding . It informed him that the president of the republic had decamped from the capital city with the contents of the treasury . Furthermore , that he was accompanied in his flight by that winning ad- venturess Isabel ...
Pagina 17
... Goodwin handed the message to Keogh . " Read that , Billy , " he said . " It's from Bob Englehart . Can you manage the cipher ? " Keogh sat in the other half of the doorway , and carefully perused the telegram . 66 " " Tis not a cipher ...
... Goodwin handed the message to Keogh . " Read that , Billy , " he said . " It's from Bob Englehart . Can you manage the cipher ? " Keogh sat in the other half of the doorway , and carefully perused the telegram . 66 " " Tis not a cipher ...
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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 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