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 103
... Mellinger poured out wine , and was looking some worried ; I was thinking . 666 They're a sharp crowd , ' he says , kind of fret- ful . They're capitalized by a foreign syndicate 6 after rubber , and they're loaded to the muzzle for The ...
... Mellinger poured out wine , and was looking some worried ; I was thinking . 666 They're a sharp crowd , ' he says , kind of fret- ful . They're capitalized by a foreign syndicate 6 after rubber , and they're loaded to the muzzle for The ...
Pagina 104
... Mellinger , of comic opera . I want to smell East River and wear sus- penders again . At times I feel like throwing up my job , but I'm d - n fool enough to be sort of proud of it . " There's Mellinger , " they say here . " Por Dios ...
... Mellinger , of comic opera . I want to smell East River and wear sus- penders again . At times I feel like throwing up my job , but I'm d - n fool enough to be sort of proud of it . " There's Mellinger , " they say here . " Por Dios ...
Pagina 105
... Mellinger met him at the door , and escorted him to the grand stand . When I saw that Latin man I knew that Mellinger , private secretary , had all the dances on his card taken . That was a big , squashy man , the colour of a rubber ...
... Mellinger met him at the door , and escorted him to the grand stand . When I saw that Latin man I knew that Mellinger , private secretary , had all the dances on his card taken . That was a big , squashy man , the colour of a rubber ...
Pagina 106
... Mellinger stood at the side of it . I was just wondering how Mellinger was going to handle his crowd , when the home talent suddenly opened the services . " That governor man was suitable for uprisings and policies . I judge he was a ...
... Mellinger stood at the side of it . I was just wondering how Mellinger was going to handle his crowd , when the home talent suddenly opened the services . " That governor man was suitable for uprisings and policies . I judge he was a ...
Pagina 107
... Mellinger , full of expressions and observances . I looked at Mellinger , and was glad Billy Renfrow couldn't see him then . The sweat was popping out on his forehead , and he stood dumb , tapping the lit- tle package with the ends of ...
... Mellinger , full of expressions and observances . I looked at Mellinger , and was glad Billy Renfrow couldn't see him then . The sweat was popping out on his forehead , and he stood dumb , tapping the lit- tle package with the ends of ...
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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