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 52
... door- it's that two - story building with the balcony , where the orange - trees are . " The Hotel de los Estranjeros was a dreary hos- telry , in great disuse both by strangers and friends . It stood at a corner of the Street of the ...
... door- it's that two - story building with the balcony , where the orange - trees are . " The Hotel de los Estranjeros was a dreary hos- telry , in great disuse both by strangers and friends . It stood at a corner of the Street of the ...
Pagina 53
... door , enjoying the breeze from the sea . Dr. Gregg , the quarantine physician , was a man of fifty or sixty , with a florid face and the longest beard between Topeka and Terra del Fuego . He held his position by virtue of an ...
... door , enjoying the breeze from the sea . Dr. Gregg , the quarantine physician , was a man of fifty or sixty , with a florid face and the longest beard between Topeka and Terra del Fuego . He held his position by virtue of an ...
Pagina 63
... doors and windows . An occasional soldier from the cuar- tel , with flapping straw hat , without coat or shoes , hurried by , balancing his long gun like a lance in one hand . From every density of the foliage the giant tree frogs ...
... doors and windows . An occasional soldier from the cuar- tel , with flapping straw hat , without coat or shoes , hurried by , balancing his long gun like a lance in one hand . From every density of the foliage the giant tree frogs ...
Pagina 65
... resistance . The couple halted at the door of the Hotel de los Estranjeros , and the man struck upon the wood with the impatience of one unused to his entry being stayed . Madama was long in response ; but after Caught 65.
... resistance . The couple halted at the door of the Hotel de los Estranjeros , and the man struck upon the wood with the impatience of one unused to his entry being stayed . Madama was long in response ; but after Caught 65.
Pagina 66
... door was opened , and the guests housed . Goodwin stood in the quiet street , lighting another cigar . In two ... doors as late as cleven , post merid- ian . He was a partisan Liberal ; and he grected Goodwin with flatulent importance as ...
... door was opened , and the guests housed . Goodwin stood in the quiet street , lighting another cigar . In two ... doors as late as cleven , post merid- ian . He was a partisan Liberal ; and he grected Goodwin with flatulent importance as ...
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