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 46
... light buff , clean - cut as a steel engraving . The beautiful vessel hovered off shore , see - sawing the waves as lightly as a duck in a rain barrel . A swift boat manned by a crew in uni- ། 4 form came ashore , and a stocky - built ...
... light buff , clean - cut as a steel engraving . The beautiful vessel hovered off shore , see - sawing the waves as lightly as a duck in a rain barrel . A swift boat manned by a crew in uni- ། 4 form came ashore , and a stocky - built ...
Pagina 54
... light , and the salary , for one who lived in Coralio , ample . Surplus time there was in plenty ; and the good doctor added to his gains by a large private practice among the residents of the coast . The fact that he did not know ten ...
... light , and the salary , for one who lived in Coralio , ample . Surplus time there was in plenty ; and the good doctor added to his gains by a large private practice among the residents of the coast . The fact that he did not know ten ...
Pagina 59
... lights seeming to penetrate the water to countless fathoms with their shimmering , lanceolate reflections . The Caribs were busy loading her by means of the great lighters heaped full from the piles of fruit ranged upon the shore . On ...
... lights seeming to penetrate the water to countless fathoms with their shimmering , lanceolate reflections . The Caribs were busy loading her by means of the great lighters heaped full from the piles of fruit ranged upon the shore . On ...
Pagina 66
... light showed , the door was opened , and the guests housed . Goodwin stood in the quiet street , lighting another cigar . In two minutes a faint gleam began to show between the slats of the jalousies in the upper story of the hotel ...
... light showed , the door was opened , and the guests housed . Goodwin stood in the quiet street , lighting another cigar . In two minutes a faint gleam began to show between the slats of the jalousies in the upper story of the hotel ...
Pagina 69
... light from a hanging lamp allowed him to select the gaudy num- bers on the doors . He turned the knob of Number 9 , entered and closed the door behind him . If that was Isabel Guilbert seated by the table in that poorly furnished room ...
... light from a hanging lamp allowed him to select the gaudy num- bers on the doors . He turned the knob of Number 9 , entered and closed the door behind him . If that was Isabel Guilbert seated by the table in that poorly furnished room ...
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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