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 242
... yacht ain't in it with a camera . You see a man doing nothing but loafing around making snap - shots , and you know right away he reads up well in Bradstreet . ' You notice these old millionaire boys soon as they get through taking ...
... yacht ain't in it with a camera . You see a man doing nothing but loafing around making snap - shots , and you know right away he reads up well in Bradstreet . ' You notice these old millionaire boys soon as they get through taking ...
Pagina 294
... yacht , the gor- geous raiment , the mysterious mission , the magic dis- appearance , has come again , though shorn of the ac- cessories of his former state . At his third banana , the man with the nose 294 Cabbages and Kings.
... yacht , the gor- geous raiment , the mysterious mission , the magic dis- appearance , has come again , though shorn of the ac- cessories of his former state . At his third banana , the man with the nose 294 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 296
... yacht coaled and with steam up , ready for a trip ; and he turned her over to me , cart blongsh . In four hours I was on board of her , and hot on the trail of the fruit tub . I had a pretty good idea where old Wahrfield that was his ...
... yacht coaled and with steam up , ready for a trip ; and he turned her over to me , cart blongsh . In four hours I was on board of her , and hot on the trail of the fruit tub . I had a pretty good idea where old Wahrfield that was his ...
Pagina 297
... yacht of mine hanging around . So , all I had to do was to wait and nab ' em when they came ashore . I couldn't arrest old Wahrfield without extradition papers , but my play was to get the cash . They gen- erally give up if you strike ...
... yacht of mine hanging around . So , all I had to do was to wait and nab ' em when they came ashore . I couldn't arrest old Wahrfield without extradition papers , but my play was to get the cash . They gen- erally give up if you strike ...
Pagina 301
... yacht . " Mr. O'Day , ' she says . " Oh , take us away from this horrid country at once . Can you ! Will you ! Say you will . ' " I'll try , ' I said , concealing the fact that I was dying to get them on salt water before they could ...
... yacht . " Mr. O'Day , ' she says . " Oh , take us away from this horrid country at once . Can you ! Will you ! Say you will . ' " I'll try , ' I said , concealing the fact that I was dying to get them on salt water before they could ...
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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