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 37
... capital let- ters , of which he caught comprehensive glimpses , were Ida's , he felt sure . There was a little smile both of perplexity and amusement in Geddie's eyes as he set the bottle down , and laid three cigars side by side on his ...
... capital let- ters , of which he caught comprehensive glimpses , were Ida's , he felt sure . There was a little smile both of perplexity and amusement in Geddie's eyes as he set the bottle down , and laid three cigars side by side on his ...
Pagina 62
... received along it from the capital the fugitives would have reached the coast and the question of escape or capture been solved . Goodwin had stationed armed sentinels at fre- quent intervals along the shore for a mile in each 62 CAUGHT.
... received along it from the capital the fugitives would have reached the coast and the question of escape or capture been solved . Goodwin had stationed armed sentinels at fre- quent intervals along the shore for a mile in each 62 CAUGHT.
Pagina 79
... 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 of the mercurial populace quickly effaced the interest belonging to the unfortunate ...
... 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 of the mercurial populace quickly effaced the interest belonging to the unfortunate ...
Pagina 80
... capital , which the president was known to have carried with him , but all in vain . In Coralio Señor Goodwin himself led the searching party which combed that town as care- fully as a woman combs her hair ; but the money was not found ...
... capital , which the president was known to have carried with him , but all in vain . In Coralio Señor Goodwin himself led the searching party which combed that town as care- fully as a woman combs her hair ; but the money was not found ...
Pagina 101
... the boodlers know it ; the for- eign investors know it . I make the government keep its faith . If a man is promised a job he gets it . If outside capital buys a concession it gets the goods . The Phonograph and the Graft 101.
... the boodlers know it ; the for- eign investors know it . I make the government keep its faith . If a man is promised a job he gets it . If outside capital buys a concession it gets the goods . The Phonograph and the Graft 101.
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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