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 106
... wall . The governor sat at the other end . Homer P. Mellinger stood at the side of it . I was just wondering how Mellinger was going to handle his crowd , when the home talent suddenly opened the services . " That governor man was ...
... wall . The governor sat at the other end . Homer P. Mellinger stood at the side of it . I was just wondering how Mellinger was going to handle his crowd , when the home talent suddenly opened the services . " That governor man was ...
Pagina 153
... wall and shoot you dead . That is the way they kill traitors . I knew you when you stepped into my boat . I have seen your picture in a book . You are Sabas Placido , traitor to your country . With your face to a wall . So , you will ...
... wall and shoot you dead . That is the way they kill traitors . I knew you when you stepped into my boat . I have seen your picture in a book . You are Sabas Placido , traitor to your country . With your face to a wall . So , you will ...
Pagina 155
O. Henry. and you fall dead . With your face to the wall . Yes . " The admiral called a sudden order to his crew . The lithe , silent Caribs made fast the sheets they held , and slipped down the hatchway into the hold of the sloop . When ...
O. Henry. and you fall dead . With your face to the wall . Yes . " The admiral called a sudden order to his crew . The lithe , silent Caribs made fast the sheets they held , and slipped down the hatchway into the hold of the sloop . When ...
Pagina 190
... wall of the mar- ket . Drawing a blighted silk handkerchief from his pocket , he assiduously rubbed and burnished his glasses . And while doing this he became aware that his bedroom had been invaded , and that polite brown and yellow ...
... wall of the mar- ket . Drawing a blighted silk handkerchief from his pocket , he assiduously rubbed and burnished his glasses . And while doing this he became aware that his bedroom had been invaded , and that polite brown and yellow ...
Pagina 191
... walls . Blythe shook out his wry clothing , and moved slowly up the Calle Grande through the hot sand . He moved without a destination in his mind . The little town was languidly stirring to its daily life . Golden - skinned babies ...
... walls . Blythe shook out his wry clothing , and moved slowly up the Calle Grande through the hot sand . He moved without a destination in his mind . The little town was languidly stirring to its daily life . Golden - skinned babies ...
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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 Seņor Goodwin seņorita 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