Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1919 - 312 pagine A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic." |
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Pagina 135
... admiral . The collector waited in his official quarters . His office was in the Calle Grande , and the sea breezes hummed through its windows all day . The col- lector , in white linen and canvas shoes , philandered with papers on an ...
... admiral . The collector waited in his official quarters . His office was in the Calle Grande , and the sea breezes hummed through its windows all day . The col- lector , in white linen and canvas shoes , philandered with papers on an ...
Pagina 136
... Admiral of this great republic , and gives you absolute com- mand of the naval forces and fleet of our country . You may think , friend Felipe , that we have no navy -- but yes ! The sloop the Estrella del Noche 136 Cabbages and Kings.
... Admiral of this great republic , and gives you absolute com- mand of the naval forces and fleet of our country . You may think , friend Felipe , that we have no navy -- but yes ! The sloop the Estrella del Noche 136 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 137
... Admiral - I do not know - but it is a very high honour that has descended upon you . I now hand you your commission . When you are ready for the boat I will give orders that she shall be made over into your charge . That is as far as my ...
... Admiral - I do not know - but it is a very high honour that has descended upon you . I now hand you your commission . When you are ready for the boat I will give orders that she shall be made over into your charge . That is as far as my ...
Pagina 138
... admiral of the navy . Somewhere Felipe had raked together a pitiful semblance of a military uniform — a pair of red trousers , a dingy blue short jacket heavily ornamented with gold braid , and an old fatigue cap that must have been ...
... admiral of the navy . Somewhere Felipe had raked together a pitiful semblance of a military uniform — a pair of red trousers , a dingy blue short jacket heavily ornamented with gold braid , and an old fatigue cap that must have been ...
Pagina 139
... admiral , " he said to the col- lector's lady . Being on land he could bring himself to no more exuberant expression of sentiment . At sea with the flag at the masthead of his navy , some more eloquent exposition of feelings might be ...
... admiral , " he said to the col- lector's lady . Being on land he could bring himself to no more exuberant expression of sentiment . At sea with the flag at the masthead of his navy , some more eloquent exposition of feelings might be ...
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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 Karlsefin lady land laugh looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic revolution 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 tintypes tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla