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 198
... Losada's man was here turning things over ; but I couldn't do it then . Now it's dif- ferent . I want a thousand dollars , Goodwin ; and you'll have to give it to me . " 66 Only last week , " said Goodwin , with a smile , " a silver ...
... Losada's man was here turning things over ; but I couldn't do it then . Now it's dif- ferent . I want a thousand dollars , Goodwin ; and you'll have to give it to me . " 66 Only last week , " said Goodwin , with a smile , " a silver ...
Pagina 233
... Losada many called him Dictator - was a man whose genius would have made him con- spicuous even among Anglo - Saxons , had not that genius been intermixed with other traits that were petty and subversive . He had some of the lofty pa ...
... Losada many called him Dictator - was a man whose genius would have made him con- spicuous even among Anglo - Saxons , had not that genius been intermixed with other traits that were petty and subversive . He had some of the lofty pa ...
Pagina 234
... Losada amassed enormous wealth , but his people had their share of the benefits . The joint in his armour was his insatiate passion for monuments and tokens commemorating his glory . In every town he caused to be erected statues of him ...
... Losada amassed enormous wealth , but his people had their share of the benefits . The joint in his armour was his insatiate passion for monuments and tokens commemorating his glory . In every town he caused to be erected statues of him ...
Pagina 252
... The mobs even attacked the Casa Morena , but were driven away by the military , which re- mained faithful to the executive . reigned . All the night terror The greatness of Losada was shown by the fact that 252 Cabbages and Kings.
... The mobs even attacked the Casa Morena , but were driven away by the military , which re- mained faithful to the executive . reigned . All the night terror The greatness of Losada was shown by the fact that 252 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 253
O. Henry. The greatness of Losada was shown by the fact that by noon the next day order was restored , and he was still absolute . He issued proclamations denying positively that any negotiation of any kind had been entered into with ...
O. Henry. The greatness of Losada was shown by the fact that by noon the next day order was restored , and he was still absolute . He issued proclamations denying positively that any negotiation of any kind had been entered into with ...
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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