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. |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 6-10 di 66
Pagina 36
... thing was a long - necked wine bottle of colourless glass . The cork had been driven in tightly to the level of the mouth , and the end cov- ered with dark - red sealing - wax . The bottle contained only what seemed to be a sheet of ...
... thing was a long - necked wine bottle of colourless glass . The cork had been driven in tightly to the level of the mouth , and the end cov- ered with dark - red sealing - wax . The bottle contained only what seemed to be a sheet of ...
Pagina 37
... 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 disquieting things , to disturb his The Lotus and the Bottle 37.
... 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 disquieting things , to disturb his The Lotus and the Bottle 37.
Pagina 38
O. Henry. whence come so many disquieting things , to disturb his peace ? In this dreamy land , where time seemed so redun- dant , he had fallen into the habit of bestowing much thought upon even trifling matters . He began to speculate ...
O. Henry. whence come so many disquieting things , to disturb his peace ? In this dreamy land , where time seemed so redun- dant , he had fallen into the habit of bestowing much thought upon even trifling matters . He began to speculate ...
Pagina 47
... things , there was a dis- crepancy between Smith and his yacht . A bullet- headed man Smith was , with an oblique , dead eye and the moustache of a cocktail - mixer . And unless he had shifted costumes before putting off for shore he ...
... things , there was a dis- crepancy between Smith and his yacht . A bullet- headed man Smith was , with an oblique , dead eye and the moustache of a cocktail - mixer . And unless he had shifted costumes before putting off for shore he ...
Pagina 49
... things in a half - way manner , was to take Geddie at once for a partner in his very profitable and various enterprises ; and Paula was happily en- gaged in plans for refurnishing and decorating the upper story of the Brannigan house ...
... things in a half - way manner , was to take Geddie at once for a partner in his very profitable and various enterprises ; and Paula was happily en- gaged in plans for refurnishing and decorating the upper story of the Brannigan house ...
Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto
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 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 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