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 92
... told . " " Tis contrary to art and philosophy to give you the information , " said Keogh , calmly . " The art of narrative consists in concealing from your audience everything it wants to know until after you expose your favourite ...
... told . " " Tis contrary to art and philosophy to give you the information , " said Keogh , calmly . " The art of narrative consists in concealing from your audience everything it wants to know until after you expose your favourite ...
Pagina 96
... told him , ' we'll be amassing wealth in the interior towns with our galvanized prima donna and correct imitations of Sousa's band excavating a march from a tin mine . ' " Ye'll not , ' says the captain . ' Ye'll be hypno- tized . Any ...
... told him , ' we'll be amassing wealth in the interior towns with our galvanized prima donna and correct imitations of Sousa's band excavating a march from a tin mine . ' " Ye'll not , ' says the captain . ' Ye'll be hypno- tized . Any ...
Pagina 100
... told us . " Boys , ' said he , ' I've deceived you . You think I'm a painted butterfly ; but in fact I'm the hardest worked man in this country . Ten years ago I landed on its shores ; and two years ago on the point of its jaw . Yes , I ...
... told us . " Boys , ' said he , ' I've deceived you . You think I'm a painted butterfly ; but in fact I'm the hardest worked man in this country . Ten years ago I landed on its shores ; and two years ago on the point of its jaw . Yes , I ...
Pagina 102
... and if you'd told me you knew Billy Renfrow I'd have in- vented tons of ways of making you happy . Billy was my side - kicker in New York . There is a man who never knew what crooked was . Here I am 102 Cabbages and Kings.
... and if you'd told me you knew Billy Renfrow I'd have in- vented tons of ways of making you happy . Billy was my side - kicker in New York . There is a man who never knew what crooked was . Here I am 102 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 111
... told you you'd be waiting , ' he says . " Where's the Hamburger machine ? ' " It stays behind , ' I says , ' to play " Home , Sweet Home . " " I told you so , ' says the captain The Phonograph and the Graft 111.
... told you you'd be waiting , ' he says . " Where's the Hamburger machine ? ' " It stays behind , ' I says , ' to play " Home , Sweet Home . " " I told you so , ' says the captain The Phonograph and the Graft 111.
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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