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 52
... Madama Timotea Ortiz , occupied the ground floor . On the bottles of brandy , anisada , Scotch " smoke " and in- expensive wines behind the little counter the dust lay thick save where the fingers of infrequent customers had left 52 ...
... Madama Timotea Ortiz , occupied the ground floor . On the bottles of brandy , anisada , Scotch " smoke " and in- expensive wines behind the little counter the dust lay thick save where the fingers of infrequent customers had left 52 ...
Pagina 53
... Madama's sepulchral hospitality . But Madama sat behind her bar content , not desiring to quarrel with Fate . If anyone required meat , drink or lodg- ing at the Hotel de los Estranjeros they had but to come , and be served . Está bueno ...
... Madama's sepulchral hospitality . But Madama sat behind her bar content , not desiring to quarrel with Fate . If anyone required meat , drink or lodg- ing at the Hotel de los Estranjeros they had but to come , and be served . Está bueno ...
Pagina 65
... resistance . The couple halted at the door of the Hotel de los Estranjeros , and the man struck upon the wood with the impatience of one unused to his entry being stayed . Madama was long in response ; but after Caught 65.
... resistance . The couple halted at the door of the Hotel de los Estranjeros , and the man struck upon the wood with the impatience of one unused to his entry being stayed . Madama was long in response ; but after Caught 65.
Pagina 66
O. Henry. stayed . Madama was long in response ; but after a time her light showed , the door was opened , and the guests housed . Goodwin stood in the quiet street , lighting another cigar . In two minutes a faint gleam began to show ...
O. Henry. stayed . Madama was long in response ; but after a time her light showed , the door was opened , and the guests housed . Goodwin stood in the quiet street , lighting another cigar . In two minutes a faint gleam began to show ...
Pagina 67
... should attempt to leave the house by any door or window . Goodwin himself went to the door through which the guests had entered , opened it and stepped inside . Madama had returned downstairs from her jour- ney above to Caught 67.
... should attempt to leave the house by any door or window . Goodwin himself went to the door through which the guests had entered , opened it and stepped inside . Madama had returned downstairs from her jour- ney above to Caught 67.
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