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 89
... crew brought it close in shore , this time nearly opposite the consulate ; and then there blew from the sloop clear and surprising notes as if from a horn of elfland . A fairy bugle it might have been , sweet and silvery and unexpected ...
... crew brought it close in shore , this time nearly opposite the consulate ; and then there blew from the sloop clear and surprising notes as if from a horn of elfland . A fairy bugle it might have been , sweet and silvery and unexpected ...
Pagina 103
... crew are plotting to uprise . I've got every one of their names , and they're invited to listen to the phonograph to - night , compliments of H. P. M. That's the way I'll get them in a bunch , and things are on the programme to happen ...
... crew are plotting to uprise . I've got every one of their names , and they're invited to listen to the phonograph to - night , compliments of H. P. M. That's the way I'll get them in a bunch , and things are on the programme to happen ...
Pagina 132
... crew and employed as a coast guard to discourage the per- nicious art of smuggling . The collector also ven- tured to nominate one to whom the charge of the boat could be safely intrusted a young man of Coralio , Felipe Carrera - not ...
... crew and employed as a coast guard to discourage the per- nicious art of smuggling . The collector also ven- tured to nominate one to whom the charge of the boat could be safely intrusted a young man of Coralio , Felipe Carrera - not ...
Pagina 135
... crews of the schooners and sloops that skimmed the coast , trading and freighting fruit out to the steamers where there was no harbour . It was through his famous skill and boldness on the sea , as well as for the pity felt for his ...
... crews of the schooners and sloops that skimmed the coast , trading and freighting fruit out to the steamers where there was no harbour . It was through his famous skill and boldness on the sea , as well as for the pity felt for his ...
Pagina 137
... crew or to the expenses of this navy . Perhaps you are to provide a crew yourself , Señor Admiral - I do not know but it is a very high honour that has descended upon you . I now hand you your commission . When you are ready for the ...
... crew or to the expenses of this navy . Perhaps you are to provide a crew yourself , Señor Admiral - I do not know but it is a very high honour that has descended upon you . I now hand you your commission . When you are ready for the ...
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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