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 37
... smoke those three cigars while considering the problem . For it amounted to a problem . He almost wished that he had not found the bottle ; but the bottle was there . Why should it have drifted in from the sea , whence come so many ...
... smoke those three cigars while considering the problem . For it amounted to a problem . He almost wished that he had not found the bottle ; but the bottle was there . Why should it have drifted in from the sea , whence come so many ...
Pagina 41
... ; and then the mystery of it was swallowed up by the greater mystery of the ocean . Geddie stood still upon the beach , smoking and looking out upon the water . " Simon ! - Oh , Simon ! - wake The Lotus and the Bottle 41.
... ; and then the mystery of it was swallowed up by the greater mystery of the ocean . Geddie stood still upon the beach , smoking and looking out upon the water . " Simon ! - Oh , Simon ! - wake The Lotus and the Bottle 41.
Pagina 52
... occupied the ground floor . On the bottles of brandy , anisada , Scotch " smoke " and in- expensive wines behind the little counter the dust lay thick save where the fingers of infrequent customers had left 52 Cabbages and Kings.
... occupied the ground floor . On the bottles of brandy , anisada , Scotch " smoke " and in- expensive wines behind the little counter the dust lay thick save where the fingers of infrequent customers had left 52 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 54
... smoked , while he stroked his beard . Surprise came into his pale blue eyes when he caught sight of Smith in his unusual and prismatic clothes . " You're Dr. Gregg is that right ? " said Smith , feeling the dog's head pin in his tie ...
... smoked , while he stroked his beard . Surprise came into his pale blue eyes when he caught sight of Smith in his unusual and prismatic clothes . " You're Dr. Gregg is that right ? " said Smith , feeling the dog's head pin in his tie ...
Pagina 105
... smoked meerschaum to a patent - leather polish . They were as polite as wax , being devas- tated with enjoyments to give Señor Mellinger the good evenings . I understood their Spanish talk — I ran a pumping engine two years in a Mexican ...
... smoked meerschaum to a patent - leather polish . They were as polite as wax , being devas- tated with enjoyments to give Señor Mellinger the good evenings . I understood their Spanish talk — I ran a pumping engine two years in a Mexican ...
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