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 89
... sails , and the prestige of drifting music on moonlit waters gave it an anodynous charm . Johnny Atwood felt it , and thought of Dalesburg ; but as soon as Keogh's mind had ar- rived at a theory ... sail was lost Cupid's Exile Number Two 89.
... sails , and the prestige of drifting music on moonlit waters gave it an anodynous charm . Johnny Atwood felt it , and thought of Dalesburg ; but as soon as Keogh's mind had ar- rived at a theory ... sail was lost Cupid's Exile Number Two 89.
Pagina 90
O. Henry. eccentric way until at last its white sail was lost to sight against the larger bulk of the fruiter's side . " That's old H. P. Mellinger , " explained Keogh , dropping back into his chair . " He's going back to New York . He ...
O. Henry. eccentric way until at last its white sail was lost to sight against the larger bulk of the fruiter's side . " That's old H. P. Mellinger , " explained Keogh , dropping back into his chair . " He's going back to New York . He ...
Pagina 134
... care- fully and completely made could handle a sailboat as well . Five points nearer the wind than the best of them he could sail his sloop . When the elements raged and set other men to cowering , the deficiencies 134 Cabbages and Kings.
... care- fully and completely made could handle a sailboat as well . Five points nearer the wind than the best of them he could sail his sloop . When the elements raged and set other men to cowering , the deficiencies 134 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 142
... sail for a larger port on the coast of a neighbouring re- public , where he traded a hastily collected cargo of fruit for its value in cartridges for the five Martini rifles , the only guns that the navy could boast . Then to the ...
... sail for a larger port on the coast of a neighbouring re- public , where he traded a hastily collected cargo of fruit for its value in cartridges for the five Martini rifles , the only guns that the navy could boast . Then to the ...
Pagina 150
... sail for the barracks at Alforan no ? " --- The Caribs prepared a meal , to which the three passengers of El Nacional set themselves with fam- ished delight . About sunset , as was its custom , the breeze veered and swept back from the ...
... sail for the barracks at Alforan no ? " --- The Caribs prepared a meal , to which the three passengers of El Nacional set themselves with fam- ished delight . About sunset , as was its custom , the breeze veered and swept back from 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 Seņor Goodwin seņorita 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