Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1919 - 312 pagine A 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 52
... Thought I'd strike the croaker for a handful of the little sugar pills , in case I need ' em . " " You will be apt to find Dr. Gregg at the hotel , ” said the consul . " You can see it from the door- it's that two - story building with ...
... Thought I'd strike the croaker for a handful of the little sugar pills , in case I need ' em . " " You will be apt to find Dr. Gregg at the hotel , ” said the consul . " You can see it from the door- it's that two - story building with ...
Pagina 78
... thought Goodwin , greater than that derived from the loss of cavalier and gold must have been in the heart of the enchantress to have wrung from her , in that moment , the cry of one turning to the all - forgiving , all - comforting ...
... thought Goodwin , greater than that derived from the loss of cavalier and gold must have been in the heart of the enchantress to have wrung from her , in that moment , the cry of one turning to the all - forgiving , all - comforting ...
Pagina 86
... thought conceived in his bosom . Geddie came down to the consulate to explain the duties and workings of the office . He and Keogh tried to interest the new consul in their description of the work that his government expected him to ...
... thought conceived in his bosom . Geddie came down to the consulate to explain the duties and workings of the office . He and Keogh tried to interest the new consul in their description of the work that his government expected him to ...
Pagina 89
... thought of Dalesburg ; but as soon as Keogh's mind had arrived at a theory concerning the peripatetic solo he sprang to the rail- ing , and his ear - rending yawp fractured the silence of Coralio like a cannon shot . " Mel - lin - ger a ...
... thought of Dalesburg ; but as soon as Keogh's mind had arrived at a theory concerning the peripatetic solo he sprang to the rail- ing , and his ear - rending yawp fractured the silence of Coralio like a cannon shot . " Mel - lin - ger a ...
Pagina 121
... puzzle presented . For upon the faces and in the bearing of each of them was visible ( if countenances are to be believed ) Saxon honesty and pride and honourable thoughts . In Goodwin's steady eye and firm lineaments Money Maze 121.
... puzzle presented . For upon the faces and in the bearing of each of them was visible ( if countenances are to be believed ) Saxon honesty and pride and honourable thoughts . In Goodwin's steady eye and firm lineaments Money Maze 121.
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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 Karlsefin lady land laugh looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic revolution 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 tintypes tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla