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 70
... looked up when the American entered , with an expression of sur- prised inquiry , but without alarm . Goodwin took off his hat and seated himself , with his characteristic deliberate ease , upon a corner of the table . He held a lighted ...
... looked up when the American entered , with an expression of sur- prised inquiry , but without alarm . Goodwin took off his hat and seated himself , with his characteristic deliberate ease , upon a corner of the table . He held a lighted ...
Pagina 98
... big , fine - looking white man in white clothes stopped at the door and looked in . We extended the invita- tions , and he walked inside and sized us up . He was chewing a long cigar , and wrinkling his eyes 98 Cabbages and Kings.
... big , fine - looking white man in white clothes stopped at the door and looked in . We extended the invita- tions , and he walked inside and sized us up . He was chewing a long cigar , and wrinkling his eyes 98 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 107
... looked at Mellinger , and was glad Billy Renfrow couldn't see him then . The sweat was popping out on his forehead , and he stood dumb , tapping the lit- tle package with the ends of his fingers . The colo- rado - maduro gang was after ...
... looked at Mellinger , and was glad Billy Renfrow couldn't see him then . The sweat was popping out on his forehead , and he stood dumb , tapping the lit- tle package with the ends of his fingers . The colo- rado - maduro gang was after ...
Pagina 117
... looked to be happy . And more she looked to be content . Had a poet been inspired to pen just similes concerning her favour , he would have likened her full , clear eyes , with their white - encircled , gray irises , to moonflowers ...
... looked to be happy . And more she looked to be content . Had a poet been inspired to pen just similes concerning her favour , he would have likened her full , clear eyes , with their white - encircled , gray irises , to moonflowers ...
Pagina 118
... looked up , and her lips curved and parted ; her eyelids fluttered twice or thrice a movement remindful ( Poesy forgive us ! ) of the tail - wagging of a faithful dog- and a little ripple went through her like the commotion set up in a ...
... looked up , and her lips curved and parted ; her eyelids fluttered twice or thrice a movement remindful ( Poesy forgive us ! ) of the tail - wagging of a faithful dog- and a little ripple went through her like the commotion set up in a ...
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