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
... hundred shades of colour by the salt breeze and the sun . Upon its Upon its upper bal- cony opened a central door and two windows con- taining broad jalousies instead of sashes . The lower floor communicated by two doorways with the ...
... hundred shades of colour by the salt breeze and the sun . Upon its Upon its upper bal- cony opened a central door and two windows con- taining broad jalousies instead of sashes . The lower floor communicated by two doorways with the ...
Pagina 76
... hundred thousand mark . Goodwin glanced swiftly at the woman , and saw , with surprise and a thrill of pleasure that he won- dered at , that she had experienced an unmistakable shock . Her eyes grew wide , she gasped , and leaned ...
... hundred thousand mark . Goodwin glanced swiftly at the woman , and saw , with surprise and a thrill of pleasure that he won- dered at , that she had experienced an unmistakable shock . Her eyes grew wide , she gasped , and leaned ...
Pagina 123
... hundred thousand dollars belonging to the government , accompanied by Señorita Isabel Guilbert , the opera singer . The Government , offi- cially and personally , is loathe to believe , " con- cluded Colonel Falcon , with a smile ...
... hundred thousand dollars belonging to the government , accompanied by Señorita Isabel Guilbert , the opera singer . The Government , offi- cially and personally , is loathe to believe , " con- cluded Colonel Falcon , with a smile ...
Pagina 154
... hundred pesos in money of the Estados Unidos more than your lying government will pay you in twenty years . " 6 Don Sabas pressed a plump purse against the youth's hand . The admiral gave no heed to the words or the movement . Braced ...
... hundred pesos in money of the Estados Unidos more than your lying government will pay you in twenty years . " 6 Don Sabas pressed a plump purse against the youth's hand . The admiral gave no heed to the words or the movement . Braced ...
Pagina 167
... " Twill not , ' says I , haughty . I'll pay my own passage . ' A hundred and eighty dollars I had in my inside pocket , and ' twas no common filibuster I was goin ' to be , filibusterin ' for me board The Shamrock and the Palm 167.
... " Twill not , ' says I , haughty . I'll pay my own passage . ' A hundred and eighty dollars I had in my inside pocket , and ' twas no common filibuster I was goin ' to be , filibusterin ' for me board The Shamrock and the Palm 167.
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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