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 36
... beach under the cocoanuts . The wind was blowing mildly landward , and the surface of the sea was rippled by tiny wavelets . A miniature breaker , spreading with a soft " swish " upon the sand brought with it something round and shiny ...
... beach under the cocoanuts . The wind was blowing mildly landward , and the surface of the sea was rippled by tiny wavelets . A miniature breaker , spreading with a soft " swish " upon the sand brought with it something round and shiny ...
Pagina 41
... beach . There was a moon , and the sea was glorious . The breeze had shifted , as it did each evening , and was now rushing steadily seaward . Stepping to the water's edge , Geddie hurled the un- opened bottle far out into the sea . It ...
... beach . There was a moon , and the sea was glorious . The breeze had shifted , as it did each evening , and was now rushing steadily seaward . Stepping to the water's edge , Geddie hurled the un- opened bottle far out into the sea . It ...
Pagina 42
... beach . Out of his earliest nap Simon was thus awakened . He slipped on his shoes and went outside . Just landing from one of the Valhalla's boats was the third mate of that vessel , who was an acquaintance of Si- mon's , and three ...
... beach . Out of his earliest nap Simon was thus awakened . He slipped on his shoes and went outside . Just landing from one of the Valhalla's boats was the third mate of that vessel , who was an acquaintance of Si- mon's , and three ...
Pagina 45
... beach with the usual crowd of idlers that had gathered to view the steamer , Now that President Miraflores might be expected to reach the borders of his abjured country at any time , the orders were to keep a strict and unrelenting ...
... beach with the usual crowd of idlers that had gathered to view the steamer , Now that President Miraflores might be expected to reach the borders of his abjured country at any time , the orders were to keep a strict and unrelenting ...
Pagina 50
... beach directed me here . Thought I'd pay my respects to the flag . " - " Sit down , " said Geddie . " I've been admiring your craft ever since it came in sight . Looks like a fast sailer . What's her tonnage ? " " Search me ! " said ...
... beach directed me here . Thought I'd pay my respects to the flag . " - " Sit down , " said Geddie . " I've been admiring your craft ever since it came in sight . Looks like a fast sailer . What's her tonnage ? " " Search me ! " said ...
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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