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 100
... called upon the people to observe the artful music and his two lifelong friends , the Señors Americanos . The opera chorus was agi- tated with esteem , and followed us from house to house . There was a different kind of drink to be had ...
... called upon the people to observe the artful music and his two lifelong friends , the Señors Americanos . The opera chorus was agi- tated with esteem , and followed us from house to house . There was a different kind of drink to be had ...
Pagina 126
... called him a beachcomber ; but he was , in reality , a categorical idealist who strove to an- amorphosize the dull verities of life by the means of brandy and rum . As Beelzebub , himself , might have held in his clutch with unwitting ...
... called him a beachcomber ; but he was , in reality , a categorical idealist who strove to an- amorphosize the dull verities of life by the means of brandy and rum . As Beelzebub , himself , might have held in his clutch with unwitting ...
Pagina 127
... called the derelict , airily . " I was hoping I'd strike you . I wanted to see you par- ticularly . Suppose we go where we can talk . Of course you know there's a chap down here looking up the money old Miraflores lost . " " Yes ...
... called the derelict , airily . " I was hoping I'd strike you . I wanted to see you par- ticularly . Suppose we go where we can talk . Of course you know there's a chap down here looking up the money old Miraflores lost . " " Yes ...
Pagina 134
... called him " El pobrecito loco " - " the poor little crazed one " saying that God had sent but half of him to earth , retaining the other half . A sombre youth , glowering , and speaking only at the rarest times , Felipe was but ...
... called him " El pobrecito loco " - " the poor little crazed one " saying that God had sent but half of him to earth , retaining the other half . A sombre youth , glowering , and speaking only at the rarest times , Felipe was but ...
Pagina 141
... hope for orders from the capital was always in his heart . That his services as admiral had never been called into requirement hurt his pride and patriotism . At every call he would inquire , gravely and expect- The Admiral 141.
... hope for orders from the capital was always in his heart . That his services as admiral had never been called into requirement hurt his pride and patriotism . At every call he would inquire , gravely and expect- The Admiral 141.
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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