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 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 . 99 " 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 ...
... began to enter the state of a true idealist . 99 " 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 ...
Pagina 130
... began to lay their plans for a re - succession . Thus the game of Anchurian politics 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 ...
... began to lay their plans for a re - succession . Thus the game of Anchurian politics 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 ...
Pagina 145
... One morning the telegraph key began clicking , and pres- ently the operator called , loudly : " One telegram for el Almirante , Don Señor Felipe Carrera ! " There was a shuffling sound , a great rattling of The Flag Paramount 145.
... One morning the telegraph key began clicking , and pres- ently the operator called , loudly : " One telegram for el Almirante , Don Señor Felipe Carrera ! " There was a shuffling sound , a great rattling of 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 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