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 108
... brought , slid it in the phonograph , and started her off . It was a cornet solo , very neat and beautiful , and the name of it was ' Home , Sweet Home . ' Not one of them fifty odd men in the room moved while it was playing , and the ...
... brought , slid it in the phonograph , and started her off . It was a cornet solo , very neat and beautiful , and the name of it was ' Home , Sweet Home . ' Not one of them fifty odd men in the room moved while it was playing , and the ...
Pagina 118
... brought a guest to dinner , " said Goodwin . " One Colonel Falcon , from San Mateo . He is come on government business . I do not think you will care to see him , so I prescribe for you one of those convenient and indisputable feminine ...
... brought a guest to dinner , " said Goodwin . " One Colonel Falcon , from San Mateo . He is come on government business . I do not think you will care to see him , so I prescribe for you one of those convenient and indisputable feminine ...
Pagina 122
... brought on by a slight calentura . After the meal they lingered , according to the cus- tom , over their coffee and cigars . Colonel Falcon , with true Castilian delicacy , waited for his host to open the question that they had met to ...
... brought on by a slight calentura . After the meal they lingered , according to the cus- tom , over their coffee and cigars . Colonel Falcon , with true Castilian delicacy , waited for his host to open the question that they had met to ...
Pagina 124
... a loyal supporter of the government , and enjoyed the full confidence of the new president . His rectitude had been the capital that had brought him fortune in An- churia , just as it had formed the lucrative " 124 Cabbages and Kings.
... a loyal supporter of the government , and enjoyed the full confidence of the new president . His rectitude had been the capital that had brought him fortune in An- churia , just as it had formed the lucrative " 124 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 138
... brought away by Felipe on one of his coasting voy- ages . Buckled around his waist was an ancient ship's cutlass contributed to his equipment by Pedro Lafitte , the baker , who proudly asserted its inheri- tance from his ancestor , the ...
... brought away by Felipe on one of his coasting voy- ages . Buckled around his waist was an ancient ship's cutlass contributed to his equipment by Pedro Lafitte , the baker , who proudly asserted its inheri- tance from his ancestor , the ...
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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 Seņor Goodwin seņorita 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