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 104
... see it . ' " That night , according to arrangements , me and Henry took the phonograph to a room in a ' dobe house in a dirty side street , where the grass was knee high . " Twas a long room , lit with 104 Cabbages and Kings.
... see it . ' " That night , according to arrangements , me and Henry took the phonograph to a room in a ' dobe house in a dirty side street , where the grass was knee high . " Twas a long room , lit with 104 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 106
... took his own time . Yes , he was full of atten- tion and immediateness . He leaned his hands on the table and imposed his face toward the secretary man . " Do the American señors understand Spanish ? ' he asks in his native accents ...
... took his own time . Yes , he was full of atten- tion and immediateness . He leaned his hands on the table and imposed his face toward the secretary man . " Do the American señors understand Spanish ? ' he asks in his native accents ...
Pagina 110
... took us just three minutes to get out of that street around to military headquarters , where Mel- linger had things his own way . A colonel and a battalion of bare - toed infantry turned out and went back to the scene of the musicale ...
... took us just three minutes to get out of that street around to military headquarters , where Mel- linger had things his own way . A colonel and a battalion of bare - toed infantry turned out and went back to the scene of the musicale ...
Pagina 114
... talk . But I am a Liberal- I am de- voted to my country to Señor Goodwin . " and I spake of these things " It is known , " said Colonel Falcon , smoothly , " that the late President took with him an American 114 Cabbages and Kings.
... talk . But I am a Liberal- I am de- voted to my country to Señor Goodwin . " and I spake of these things " It is known , " said Colonel Falcon , smoothly , " that the late President took with him an American 114 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 115
O. Henry. " that the late President took with him an American leather valise , containing a large amount of money . Did you see that ? ” " De veras - no , ” Estebán answered . " The light in the little house was but a small lamp by which ...
O. Henry. " that the late President took with him an American leather valise , containing a large amount of money . Did you see that ? ” " De veras - no , ” Estebán answered . " The light in the little house was but a small lamp by which ...
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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 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