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 79
... began to come over the mended telegraph wire ; and the story of the flight from the capital was given out to the public . In San Mateo the revolu- tionary party had seized the sceptre of government , without opposition , and the vivas ...
... began to come over the mended telegraph wire ; and the story of the flight from the capital was given out to the public . In San Mateo the revolu- tionary party had seized the sceptre of government , without opposition , and the vivas ...
Pagina 83
... began , as trouble often begins instead of ending , with a romance . In Dalesburg there was a man named Elijah Hemstetter , who kept a general store . His family consisted of one daughter called Rosine , a name that atoned much for ...
... began , as trouble often begins instead of ending , with a romance . In Dalesburg there was a man named Elijah Hemstetter , who kept a general store . His family consisted of one daughter called Rosine , a name that atoned much for ...
Pagina 128
... began to enter the state of a true idealist . " I must trot along in a minute or two , " hinted Goodwin . " Was there anything in particular ? " Blythe did not reply at once . " Old Losada would make it a hot country , " he re- marked ...
... began to enter the state of a true idealist . " I must trot along in a minute or two , " hinted Goodwin . " Was there anything in particular ? " Blythe did not reply at once . " Old Losada would make it a hot country , " he re- marked ...
Pagina 130
... began , like a Chinese comedy , to unwind slowly its serial length . Here and there Mirth peeps for an instant from the wings and illumines the florid lines . A dozen quarts of champagne in conjunction with an informal 130 IX.
... began , like a Chinese comedy , to unwind slowly its serial length . Here and there Mirth peeps for an instant from the wings and illumines the florid lines . A dozen quarts of champagne in conjunction with an informal 130 IX.
Pagina 145
... citizens , awaiting news from the seat of government . One morning the telegraph key began clicking , and pres- ently the operator called , loudly : " One telegram for el Almirante , Don Señor Felipe Carrera ! " The Flag Paramount 145.
... citizens , awaiting news from the seat of government . One morning the telegraph key began clicking , and pres- ently the operator called , loudly : " One telegram for el Almirante , Don Señor Felipe Carrera ! " The Flag Paramount 145.
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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