Cabbages and KingsA 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 57
The doctor brought out another chair to the side walk for his new acquaintance .
The two seated themselves . “ You are a man of the world , ” said Dr . Gregg ; “ a
man of travel and experience . Your decision in a matter of ethics and , no doubt ...
The doctor brought out another chair to the side walk for his new acquaintance .
The two seated themselves . “ You are a man of the world , ” said Dr . Gregg ; “ a
man of travel and experience . Your decision in a matter of ethics and , no doubt ...
Pagina 65
And Goodwin ' s second glance made him aware of a woman at the man ' s
elbow on the farther side , who seemed to urge forward , if not even to assist , her
companion in their swift but silent progress . They were no Coralians , those two .
And Goodwin ' s second glance made him aware of a woman at the man ' s
elbow on the farther side , who seemed to urge forward , if not even to assist , her
companion in their swift but silent progress . They were no Coralians , those two .
Pagina 67
Then in a few words he made the barber acquainted with the crisis into which the
affairs of the nation had culminated , and instructed him to remain outside ,
keeping watch upon the two sides of the hotel that looked upon the street , and ...
Then in a few words he made the barber acquainted with the crisis into which the
affairs of the nation had culminated , and instructed him to remain outside ,
keeping watch upon the two sides of the hotel that looked upon the street , and ...
Pagina 90
ter n 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 was private
secretary ...
ter n 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 was private
secretary ...
Pagina 103
Billy was my side - kicker in New York . There is a man who never knew what
crooked was . Here I am working Honesty for a graft , but that man loses money
on it . Carrambos ! I get sick at times of this country . Everything ' s rotten . From
the ...
Billy was my side - kicker in New York . There is a man who never knew what
crooked was . Here I am working Honesty for a graft , but that man loses money
on it . Carrambos ! I get sick at times of this country . Everything ' s rotten . From
the ...
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Parole e frasi comuni
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Brani popolari
Pagina 14 - His Nibs skedaddled yesterday per jack-rabbit line with all the coin in the kitty and the bundle of muslin he's spoony about. The boodle is six figures short. Our crowd in good shape, but we need the spondulicks. You collar it. The main guy and the dry goods are headed for the briny. You to know what to do. BOB.
Pagina 59 - The mountains reached up their bulky shoulders to receive the level gallop of Apollo's homing steeds, the day died in the lagoons and in the shadowed banana groves and in the mangrove swamps, where the great blue crabs were beginning to crawl to land for their nightly ramble. And it died, at last, upon the highest peaks. Then the brief twilight, ephemeral as the flight of a moth, came and went; the Southern Cross peeped with its topmost eye above a row of palms, and the fire-flies heralded with their...
Pagina 11 - CORALIO reclined, in the mid-day heat, like some vacuous beauty lounging in a guarded harem. The town lay at the sea's edge on a strip of alluvial coast. It was set like a little pearl in an emerald band. Behind it, and seeming almost to topple, imminent, above it, rose the sea-following range of the Cordilleras.
Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Cabbages and Kings American fiction IV, 1901-1905 The complete edition of O. Henry |
| Autore | O. Henry |
| Editore | A.L. Burt Company, 1904 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 12 mar 2008 |
| Lunghezza | 312 pagine |
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