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 266
... Pasa . That so many people should desire to write to him only confirmed her own sus- picion that the light from his red head shone around the world . As to their contents she never felt curi- osity . There was a wife for you ! The one ...
... Pasa . That so many people should desire to write to him only confirmed her own sus- picion that the light from his red head shone around the world . As to their contents she never felt curi- osity . There was a wife for you ! The one ...
Pagina 267
... Pasa froze ; he pranced ; she flamed royally ; he was charmed to injudicious persistence ; she commanded him to leave the shop ; he tried to capture her hand , and Dicky entered , smiling broadly , full of white wine and the devil . He ...
... Pasa froze ; he pranced ; she flamed royally ; he was charmed to injudicious persistence ; she commanded him to leave the shop ; he tried to capture her hand , and Dicky entered , smiling broadly , full of white wine and the devil . He ...
Pagina 269
... Pasa spoke calmly , as she always did , briefly , in her thrilling , flute - like tones . " An- gel of my life , " she said , " let it not be long that thou art away from me . Thou knowest that life is not a thing to be endured with ...
... Pasa spoke calmly , as she always did , briefly , in her thrilling , flute - like tones . " An- gel of my life , " she said , " let it not be long that thou art away from me . Thou knowest that life is not a thing to be endured with ...
Pagina 270
... Pasa looked at him as a mother looks at a beloved but capricious babe . " Think better of it , " she said , in a low voice ; " since for the next meal there will be nothing . The last centavo is spent . " She pressed closer against the ...
... Pasa looked at him as a mother looks at a beloved but capricious babe . " Think better of it , " she said , in a low voice ; " since for the next meal there will be nothing . The last centavo is spent . " She pressed closer against the ...
Pagina 271
... Pasa , " to the American consul . Tell him I wish to speak with him . See that he comes at once . And look you ! let me see a different look in those eyes , for I promise your head shall rest upon this arm to - night . " It was an hour ...
... Pasa , " to the American consul . Tell him I wish to speak with him . See that he comes at once . And look you ! let me see a different look in those eyes , for I promise your head shall rest upon this arm to - night . " It was an hour ...
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