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 48
O. Henry. little consulate , which was concealed behind the orange - trees . " Mr. Geddie , the consul , will be sure to be there , " said Goodwin . " He was very nearly drowned a few days ago while taking a swim in the sea , and the ...
O. Henry. little consulate , which was concealed behind the orange - trees . " Mr. Geddie , the consul , will be sure to be there , " said Goodwin . " He was very nearly drowned a few days ago while taking a swim in the sea , and the ...
Pagina 52
... trees are . ” The Hotel de los Estranjeros was a dreary hos- telry , in great disuse both by strangers and friends . It stood at a corner of the Street of the Holy Sepul- chre . A grove of small orange - trees crowded against one side ...
... trees are . ” The Hotel de los Estranjeros was a dreary hos- telry , in great disuse both by strangers and friends . It stood at a corner of the Street of the Holy Sepul- chre . A grove of small orange - trees crowded against one side ...
Pagina 54
... I mean the consul , told me you hung out at this caravansary . My name's Smith ; and I came in a yacht . Taking a cruise around , looking at the mon- keys and pineapple - trees . Come inside and have 54 Cabbages and Kings.
... I mean the consul , told me you hung out at this caravansary . My name's Smith ; and I came in a yacht . Taking a cruise around , looking at the mon- keys and pineapple - trees . Come inside and have 54 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 55
O. Henry. keys and pineapple - trees . Come inside and have a drink , Doc . This café looks on the blink , but I guess it can set out something wet . " " I will join you , sir , in just a taste of brandy , " said Dr. Gregg , rising ...
O. Henry. keys and pineapple - trees . Come inside and have a drink , Doc . This café looks on the blink , but I guess it can set out something wet . " " I will join you , sir , in just a taste of brandy , " said Dr. Gregg , rising ...
Pagina 59
... tree and the stubs of many cigars lying around him , Smith sat waiting , never relaxing his sharp gaze in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated his interest upon the innocent fruiter . Twice had he ...
... tree and the stubs of many cigars lying around him , Smith sat waiting , never relaxing his sharp gaze in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated his interest upon the innocent fruiter . Twice had he ...
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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 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
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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.