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 92
... asked Johnny , with the impatience of the great public to whom tales are told . " " Tis contrary to art and philosophy to give you the information , " said Keogh , calmly . " The art of narrative consists in concealing from your ...
... asked Johnny , with the impatience of the great public to whom tales are told . " " Tis contrary to art and philosophy to give you the information , " said Keogh , calmly . " The art of narrative consists in concealing from your ...
Pagina 109
... on each side with his hands as you have seen little girls do when they play . " Get behind me , both of you , ' says Henry . " What's it to be , chief ? " I asked . " I'm going to buck centre , ' says Henry The Phonograph and the Graft 109.
... on each side with his hands as you have seen little girls do when they play . " Get behind me , both of you , ' says Henry . " What's it to be , chief ? " I asked . " I'm going to buck centre , ' says Henry The Phonograph and the Graft 109.
Pagina 118
... He has come to inquire about the lost money , has he not ? " asked Mrs. Goodwin , going on with her sketch . " A good guess ! " acknowledged Goodwin . " He has been holding an inquisition among the natives for three 118 Cabbages and Kings.
... He has come to inquire about the lost money , has he not ? " asked Mrs. Goodwin , going on with her sketch . " A good guess ! " acknowledged Goodwin . " He has been holding an inquisition among the natives for three 118 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 119
... Coralio . " " Do you think that this man they have sent sus- pects you ? " she asked , with a little pucker of her brows . " He'd better not , " said the American , carelessly . " It's lucky that no one caught a sight of Money Maze 119.
... Coralio . " " Do you think that this man they have sent sus- pects you ? " she asked , with a little pucker of her brows . " He'd better not , " said the American , carelessly . " It's lucky that no one caught a sight of Money Maze 119.
Pagina 127
... asked Goodwin , when the drinks were before them . " Confound it , old man , " drawled Blythe , " why do you spoil a golden moment like this with business ? I wanted to see you — well , this has the preference . " He gulped down his ...
... asked Goodwin , when the drinks were before them . " Confound it , old man , " drawled Blythe , " why do you spoil a golden moment like this with business ? I wanted to see you — well , this has the preference . " He gulped down his ...
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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