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 87
... Johnny , lazily . " I wanted to go somewhere in the world where they didn't talk about farms . There are none here , are there ? " " Not the kind you are acquainted with , " answered the ex - consul . " There is no such art here as agri ...
... Johnny , lazily . " I wanted to go somewhere in the world where they didn't talk about farms . There are none here , are there ? " " Not the kind you are acquainted with , " answered the ex - consul . " There is no such art here as agri ...
Pagina 88
O. Henry. Johnny in spite of open charges that he did so to obtain a preemption on a seat in that coveted spot , the rear gallery of the consulate . But whether his designs were selfish or purely friendly , Keogh achieved that desirable ...
O. Henry. Johnny in spite of open charges that he did so to obtain a preemption on a seat in that coveted spot , the rear gallery of the consulate . But whether his designs were selfish or purely friendly , Keogh achieved that desirable ...
Pagina 89
... Johnny Atwood felt it , and thought of Dalesburg ; but as soon as Keogh's mind had arrived at a theory concerning the peripatetic solo he sprang to the rail- ing , and his ear - rending yawp fractured the silence of Coralio like a ...
... Johnny Atwood felt it , and thought of Dalesburg ; but as soon as Keogh's mind had arrived at a theory concerning the peripatetic solo he sprang to the rail- ing , and his ear - rending yawp fractured the silence of Coralio like a ...
Pagina 90
... Johnny . " Just to show ' em that he doesn't care ? " " That noise you heard is a phonograph , " said Keogh . " I sold him that . Mellinger had a graft in this country that was the only thing of its kind in the world . The tooting ...
... Johnny . " Just to show ' em that he doesn't care ? " " That noise you heard is a phonograph , " said Keogh . " I sold him that . Mellinger had a graft in this country that was the only thing of its kind in the world . The tooting ...
Pagina 91
O. Henry. Johnny . " You've got no right to refuse . I've told you all about every man , woman and hitching post in Dalesburg . " " You shall hear it , " said Keogh . " I said my instincts of narrative were perplexed . Don't you believe ...
O. Henry. Johnny . " You've got no right to refuse . I've told you all about every man , woman and hitching post in Dalesburg . " " You shall hear it , " said Keogh . " I said my instincts of narrative were perplexed . Don't you believe ...
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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 tintype tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla