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 112
... souvenir , " remarked the consul . " Not as a souvenir , " said Keogh . " He'll need two of ' em in New York , running day and night . " THE new VII MONEY MAZE administration of Anchuria entered upon 112 Cabbages and Kings.
... souvenir , " remarked the consul . " Not as a souvenir , " said Keogh . " He'll need two of ' em in New York , running day and night . " THE new VII MONEY MAZE administration of Anchuria entered upon 112 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 113
O. Henry. THE new VII MONEY MAZE administration of Anchuria entered upon its duties and privileges with enthusiasm . Its first act was to send an agent to Coralio with im- perative orders to recover , if possible , the sum of money ...
O. Henry. THE new VII MONEY MAZE administration of Anchuria entered upon its duties and privileges with enthusiasm . Its first act was to send an agent to Coralio with im- perative orders to recover , if possible , the sum of money ...
Pagina 115
... entered it . But of the valise of money they saw nothing . Madame Timotea Ortiz , the proprietress of the hotel in which the game of Fox - in - the - Morning had been played out , told of the coming of the two guests to her house . " To ...
... entered it . But of the valise of money they saw nothing . Madame Timotea Ortiz , the proprietress of the hotel in which the game of Fox - in - the - Morning had been played out , told of the coming of the two guests to her house . " To ...
Pagina 117
... entered a long room looking upon the sea in the opposite wing of the house . The broad jalousies were opened wide ... entering the Garden , you will have her . Just so human , and still so harmonious with Eden seemed Mrs. Money Maze 117.
... entered a long room looking upon the sea in the opposite wing of the house . The broad jalousies were opened wide ... entering the Garden , you will have her . Just so human , and still so harmonious with Eden seemed Mrs. Money Maze 117.
Pagina 118
... entered she looked up , and her lips curved and parted ; her eyelids fluttered twice or thrice a movement remindful ( Poesy forgive us ! ) of the tail - wagging of a faithful dog — and a little ripple went through her like the commotion ...
... entered she looked up , and her lips curved and parted ; her eyelids fluttered twice or thrice a movement remindful ( Poesy forgive us ! ) of the tail - wagging of a faithful dog — and a little ripple went through her like the commotion ...
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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 tintype tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla