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 64
... Quién vive ? " shrieked the sentinel , wrestling prodigiously with his lengthy musket . " Americano , " growled Goodwin , without turning his head , and passed on , unhalted . To the right he turned , and to the left 64 Cabbages and Kings.
... Quién vive ? " shrieked the sentinel , wrestling prodigiously with his lengthy musket . " Americano , " growled Goodwin , without turning his head , and passed on , unhalted . To the right he turned , and to the left 64 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 69
... failed to do her charms justice . She rested her head upon one hand . Extreme fatigue was signified in every line of her figure ; and upon her countenance a deep per- plexity was written . Her eyes were gray - irised Caught 69.
... failed to do her charms justice . She rested her head upon one hand . Extreme fatigue was signified in every line of her figure ; and upon her countenance a deep per- plexity was written . Her eyes were gray - irised Caught 69.
Pagina 79
... head waiter's and girded sword , the soldiers with their in- terminable guns , followed by outnumbering officers struggling into their gold lace and epaulettes ; the barefooted policemen ( the only capables in the lot ) , and ruffled ...
... head waiter's and girded sword , the soldiers with their in- terminable guns , followed by outnumbering officers struggling into their gold lace and epaulettes ; the barefooted policemen ( the only capables in the lot ) , and ruffled ...
Pagina 80
... head , and burned the inscription upon it with a hot iron . You will hear also that Señor Goodwin , like a tower of strength , shielded Doña Isabel Guilbert through those subsequent distressful days ; and that his scruples as to her ...
... head , and burned the inscription upon it with a hot iron . You will hear also that Señor Goodwin , like a tower of strength , shielded Doña Isabel Guilbert through those subsequent distressful days ; and that his scruples as to her ...
Pagina 84
... head high , but with a sore wound in his pedigree and heart . A Hemstetter refuse an Atwood ! Zounds ! Among other accidents of that year was a Demo- cratic president . Judge Atwood was a warhorse of Democracy . Johnny persuaded him to ...
... head high , but with a sore wound in his pedigree and heart . A Hemstetter refuse an Atwood ! Zounds ! Among other accidents of that year was a Demo- cratic president . Judge Atwood was a warhorse of Democracy . Johnny persuaded him to ...
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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