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 63
... keep a vigilant lookout during the night to prevent Miraflores from attempting to embark stealthily by means of some boat or sloop found by chance at the water's edge . A dozen patrols walked the streets of Coralio unsuspected , ready ...
... keep a vigilant lookout during the night to prevent Miraflores from attempting to embark stealthily by means of some boat or sloop found by chance at the water's edge . A dozen patrols walked the streets of Coralio unsuspected , ready ...
Pagina 67
... keeping watch upon the two sides of the hotel that looked upon the street , and observing whether anyone should attempt to leave the house by any door or window . Goodwin himself went to the door through which the guests had entered ...
... keeping watch upon the two sides of the hotel that looked upon the street , and observing whether anyone should attempt to leave the house by any door or window . Goodwin himself went to the door through which the guests had entered ...
Pagina 86
... look over these headings , " suggested Geddie , " of the different lines of exports you will have to keep account of . The fruit is classified ; and there are the valuable woods , coffee , rubber- 86 Cabbages and Kings.
... look over these headings , " suggested Geddie , " of the different lines of exports you will have to keep account of . The fruit is classified ; and there are the valuable woods , coffee , rubber- 86 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 101
... know it ; the boodlers know it ; the for- eign investors know it . I make the government keep its faith . If a man is promised a job he gets it . If outside capital buys a concession it gets the goods . The Phonograph and the Graft 101.
... know it ; the boodlers know it ; the for- eign investors know it . I make the government keep its faith . If a man is promised a job he gets it . If outside capital buys a concession it gets the goods . The Phonograph and the Graft 101.
Pagina 123
... keeping a lookout for the president , having been notified of his flight by a telegram in our national cipher from Englehart , one of our leaders in the cap- ital . About ten o'clock that night I saw a man and a woman hurrying along the ...
... keeping a lookout for the president , having been notified of his flight by a telegram in our national cipher from Englehart , one of our leaders in the cap- ital . About ten o'clock that night I saw a man and a woman hurrying along the ...
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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