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 24
... mestizo lady , and the Spanish blood had brought to Paula a certain shyness that was an adornment to the other half of her demonstrative nature . II THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE WILLARD GEDDIE , consul 24 Cabbages and Kings.
... mestizo lady , and the Spanish blood had brought to Paula a certain shyness that was an adornment to the other half of her demonstrative nature . II THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE WILLARD GEDDIE , consul 24 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 34
... Spanish had produced , as it so often has , an offshoot of rare beauty and variety . They were very excellent people indeed , and the up- per story of their house was ready to be placed at the service of Geddie and Paula as soon as he ...
... Spanish had produced , as it so often has , an offshoot of rare beauty and variety . They were very excellent people indeed , and the up- per story of their house was ready to be placed at the service of Geddie and Paula as soon as he ...
Pagina 45
... Spanish Main and New Orleans in the regular transport of fruit ; next she would be making erratic trips to Mobile or Charleston , or even as far north as New York , according to the distribu- tion of the fruit supply . Goodwin lounged ...
... Spanish Main and New Orleans in the regular transport of fruit ; next she would be making erratic trips to Mobile or Charleston , or even as far north as New York , according to the distribu- tion of the fruit supply . Goodwin lounged ...
Pagina 54
... Spanish was no obstacle ; a pulse could be felt and a fee collected without one being a linguist . Add to the description the facts that the doctor had a story to tell concerning the operation of trepanning which no listener had ever ...
... Spanish was no obstacle ; a pulse could be felt and a fee collected without one being a linguist . Add to the description the facts that the doctor had a story to tell concerning the operation of trepanning which no listener had ever ...
Pagina 55
... Spanish . He was yellowish - brown , like an over - ripe lemon ; he wore a cotton shirt and ragged linen trousers girded by a leather belt . His face was like an animal's , live and wary , but without promise of much intelligence . This ...
... Spanish . He was yellowish - brown , like an over - ripe lemon ; he wore a cotton shirt and ragged linen trousers girded by a leather belt . His face was like an animal's , live and wary , but without promise of much intelligence . This ...
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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