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 94
... phonograph to South America was Henry's ; but I took to it freely , being fond of machinery of all kinds . 6 " The Latin races , ' says Henry , explaining easy in the idioms he learned at college , are peculiarly adapted to be victims ...
... phonograph to South America was Henry's ; but I took to it freely , being fond of machinery of all kinds . 6 " The Latin races , ' says Henry , explaining easy in the idioms he learned at college , are peculiarly adapted to be victims ...
Pagina 95
... phonograph in Texarkana · one of the best make and half a trunkful of rec- ords . We packed up , and took the T. and P. for New Orleans . From that celebrated centre of mo- lasses and disfranchised coon songs we took a steamer for South ...
... phonograph in Texarkana · one of the best make and half a trunkful of rec- ords . We packed up , and took the T. and P. for New Orleans . From that celebrated centre of mo- lasses and disfranchised coon songs we took a steamer for South ...
Pagina 97
... phonograph , has never invaded these shores . The people have never heard it . They would not believe it if they should . Simple - hearted children of nature , progress has never condemned them to ac- cept the work of a can - opener as ...
... phonograph , has never invaded these shores . The people have never heard it . They would not believe it if they should . Simple - hearted children of nature , progress has never condemned them to ac- cept the work of a can - opener as ...
Pagina 99
... phonograph around , and had wassail and diversions . Everywhere The Phonograph and the Graft 99.
... phonograph around , and had wassail and diversions . Everywhere The Phonograph and the Graft 99.
Pagina 100
O. Henry. phonograph around , and had wassail and diversions . Everywhere we found doors open we went inside and set the machine going , and Mellinger called upon the people to observe the artful music and his two lifelong friends , the ...
O. Henry. phonograph around , and had wassail and diversions . Everywhere we found doors open we went inside and set the machine going , and Mellinger called upon the people to observe the artful music and his two lifelong friends , the ...
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