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 41
... walked down the path to the beach . There was a moon , and the sea was glorious . The breeze had shifted , as it did each evening , and was now rushing steadily seaward . Stepping to the water's edge , Geddie hurled the un- opened ...
... walked down the path to the beach . There was a moon , and the sea was glorious . The breeze had shifted , as it did each evening , and was now rushing steadily seaward . Stepping to the water's edge , Geddie hurled the un- opened ...
Pagina 63
... walked the streets of Coralio unsuspected , ready to intercept the truant official should he show himself there . Goodwin was very well convinced that no precau- tions had been overlooked . He strolled about the streets that bore such ...
... walked the streets of Coralio unsuspected , ready to intercept the truant official should he show himself there . Goodwin was very well convinced that no precau- tions had been overlooked . He strolled about the streets that bore such ...
Pagina 98
... the door and looked in . We extended the invita- tions , and he walked inside and sized us up . He was chewing a long cigar , and wrinkling his eyes , meditative , like a girl trying to decide which dress 98 Cabbages and Kings.
... the door and looked in . We extended the invita- tions , and he walked inside and sized us up . He was chewing a long cigar , and wrinkling his eyes , meditative , like a girl trying to decide which dress 98 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 116
... Goodwin replied with an invitation to din- ner at his own house . Before the hour named the American walked over to the Casa Morena , and greeted his guest frankly and friendly . Then the two strolled , in the 116 Cabbages and Kings.
... Goodwin replied with an invitation to din- ner at his own house . Before the hour named the American walked over to the Casa Morena , and greeted his guest frankly and friendly . Then the two strolled , in the 116 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 120
... walked to the window . Goodwin followed and stood by her side . She leaned to him , and rested in the protection of his strength , as she had always rested since that dark night on which he had first made himself her tower of refuge ...
... walked to the window . Goodwin followed and stood by her side . She leaned to him , and rested in the protection of his strength , as she had always rested since that dark night on which he had first made himself her tower of refuge ...
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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