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 45
... steamer char- tered by the New Orleans fruit trade , anchored off Coralio with three hoarse toots of her siren . The Karlsefin was not one of the line operated by the Ve- suvius Fruit Company . She was something of a dilet- tante ...
... steamer char- tered by the New Orleans fruit trade , anchored off Coralio with three hoarse toots of her siren . The Karlsefin was not one of the line operated by the Ve- suvius Fruit Company . She was something of a dilet- tante ...
Pagina 46
... steamer . The Karlsefin had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities . The purser declared that the steamer would remain at anchor until morning , taking on her fruit during the night . The Karlsefin ...
... steamer . The Karlsefin had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities . The purser declared that the steamer would remain at anchor until morning , taking on her fruit during the night . The Karlsefin ...
Pagina 51
... steamers . No ; very few peo- ple land in Coralio . An investor now and then tourists and sight - seers generally go further down the coast to one of the larger towns where there is a harbour . " " I see a ship out there loading up with ...
... steamers . No ; very few peo- ple land in Coralio . An investor now and then tourists and sight - seers generally go further down the coast to one of the larger towns where there is a harbour . " " I see a ship out there loading up with ...
Pagina 59
... in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated his interest upon the innocent fruiter . Twice had he been assured that no passengers had come to Coralio on board of her . And yet , with a Smith 59.
... in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated his interest upon the innocent fruiter . Twice had he been assured that no passengers had come to Coralio on board of her . And yet , with a Smith 59.
Pagina 85
... steamer for the coast of Anchuria . When the new consul arrived in Coralio the strangeness of the scenes diverted him much . He was only twenty - two ; and the grief of youth is not worn like a garment as it is by older men . It has its ...
... steamer for the coast of Anchuria . When the new consul arrived in Coralio the strangeness of the scenes diverted him much . He was only twenty - two ; and the grief of youth is not worn like a garment as it is by older men . It has its ...
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Parole e frasi comuni
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 cool Coralio crew Dalesburg 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 Señor Goodwin señorita 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
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.