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 59
... Karlsefin swayed at anchor , her lights seeming to penetrate the water to countless fathoms with their shimmering , lanceolate reflections . The Caribs were busy loading her by means of the great lighters heaped full from the piles of ...
... Karlsefin swayed at anchor , her lights seeming to penetrate the water to countless fathoms with their shimmering , lanceolate reflections . The Caribs were busy loading her by means of the great lighters heaped full from the piles of ...
Pagina 60
... Karlsefin . On the white sands a whiter gig belonging to the yacht was drawn up , guarded by one of the white- ducked crew . Not far away in a pulperia on the shore - following Calle Grande three other sailors swaggered with their cues ...
... Karlsefin . On the white sands a whiter gig belonging to the yacht was drawn up , guarded by one of the white- ducked crew . Not far away in a pulperia on the shore - following Calle Grande three other sailors swaggered with their cues ...
Pagina 236
... Karlsefin again — she of the trampish habits- gleaning a cargo of cocoanuts for a speculative descent upon the New York market . Keogh was booked for a passage on the return trip . " Yes , I'm going to New York , ” he explained to the ...
... Karlsefin again — she of the trampish habits- gleaning a cargo of cocoanuts for a speculative descent upon the New York market . Keogh was booked for a passage on the return trip . " Yes , I'm going to New York , ” he explained to the ...
Pagina 239
... Karlsefin starts back at four P. M. Come on to your painting shop , and I'll help you . " For five months in the year Coralio is the Newport of Anchuria . Then only does the town possess life . From November to March it is practically ...
... Karlsefin starts back at four P. M. Come on to your painting shop , and I'll help you . " For five months in the year Coralio is the Newport of Anchuria . Then only does the town possess life . From November to March it is practically ...
Pagina 240
... Karlsefin , the gay winter season was well begun . As they stepped upon the beach they could hear the band playing in the plaza . The village maidens , with fireflies already fixed in their dark locks , were gliding , barefoot and coy ...
... Karlsefin , the gay winter season was well begun . As they stepped upon the beach they could hear the band playing in the plaza . The village maidens , with fireflies already fixed in their dark locks , were gliding , barefoot and coy ...
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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