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 98
... dark and cheerful , but small . ' Twas on a various street , diversified by houses and conservatory plants . The peasantry of the city passed to and fro on the fine pasturage be- tween the sidewalks . " Twas , for the world , like an ...
... dark and cheerful , but small . ' Twas on a various street , diversified by houses and conservatory plants . The peasantry of the city passed to and fro on the fine pasturage be- tween the sidewalks . " Twas , for the world , like an ...
Pagina 120
... dark night on which he had first made himself her tower of refuge . Thus they stood for a little while . Straight through the lavish growth of tropical branch and leaf and vine that confronted them had been cunningly trimmed a vista ...
... dark night on which he had first made himself her tower of refuge . Thus they stood for a little while . Straight through the lavish growth of tropical branch and leaf and vine that confronted them had been cunningly trimmed a vista ...
Pagina 147
... dark blue bulk was visible for an instant , as a startled tapir fought his way through the vines . The navy , under orders , hung in the mouth of the little river for hours . The crew served the dinner of shark's fin soup , plantains ...
... dark blue bulk was visible for an instant , as a startled tapir fought his way through the vines . The navy , under orders , hung in the mouth of the little river for hours . The crew served the dinner of shark's fin soup , plantains ...
Pagina 148
... dark hair , blue , sparkling eyes , and the pronounced air of a caballero grande . The other two were small , brown - faced men , wearing white mili- tary uniforms , high riding boots and swords . The clothes of all were drenched ...
... dark hair , blue , sparkling eyes , and the pronounced air of a caballero grande . The other two were small , brown - faced men , wearing white mili- tary uniforms , high riding boots and swords . The clothes of all were drenched ...
Pagina 165
... dark , fat man , smilin ' under his black mustache . Wish you to come aboard my ship and drink of wine a glass . ' " Bein ' a Clancy , in two minutes me and the for- eigner man were seated at a table in the cabin of the steamer , with a ...
... dark , fat man , smilin ' under his black mustache . Wish you to come aboard my ship and drink of wine a glass . ' " Bein ' a Clancy , in two minutes me and the for- eigner man were seated at a table in the cabin of the steamer , with a ...
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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