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 69
... lady , " said Goodwin . " I have important negocios that must be transacted . Will you allow me to see them ? " " Why not ? " sighed Madama , placidly . " Why should not Señor Goodwin ascend and speak to his friends ? Está bueno . Room ...
... lady , " said Goodwin . " I have important negocios that must be transacted . Will you allow me to see them ? " " Why not ? " sighed Madama , placidly . " Why should not Señor Goodwin ascend and speak to his friends ? Está bueno . Room ...
Pagina 70
... of surrender . " The lady neither moved nor replied , but steadily regarded the cigar in Goodwin's hand . " We , " continued the dictator , thoughtfully re- - garding the neat buckskin shoe on his gently swing- 70 Cabbages and Kings.
... of surrender . " The lady neither moved nor replied , but steadily regarded the cigar in Goodwin's hand . " We , " continued the dictator , thoughtfully re- - garding the neat buckskin shoe on his gently swing- 70 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 71
... lady . " It makes it possible for me to listen to you . For a second lesson in good manners , you might now tell me by whom I am being insulted . " " I am sorry , " said Goodwin , leaning one hand on the table , “ that my time is too ...
... lady . " It makes it possible for me to listen to you . For a second lesson in good manners , you might now tell me by whom I am being insulted . " " I am sorry , " said Goodwin , leaning one hand on the table , “ that my time is too ...
Pagina 72
... affair ended . " The lady arose from her chair and stood for a mo- ment , thinking deeply . " Do you live here , Mr. Goodwin ? " she asked , presently . " Yes . " " What is your authority for this intrusion ? " 72 Cabbages and Kings.
... affair ended . " The lady arose from her chair and stood for a mo- ment , thinking deeply . " Do you live here , Mr. Goodwin ? " she asked , presently . " Yes . " " What is your authority for this intrusion ? " 72 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 73
... lady , speaking as if to herself , and with a slight frown , " that there were towns on this coast of beauty and importance ; that there was a pleasing social order — especially an American colony of cultured residents . " " There is an ...
... lady , speaking as if to herself , and with a slight frown , " that there were towns on this coast of beauty and importance ; that there was a pleasing social order — especially an American colony of cultured residents . " " There is an ...
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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