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 69
... drink . Two rooms Numero 9 and Numero 10. " " I was expecting that gentleman and that lady , " said Goodwin . " I have important negocios that must be transacted . Will you allow me to see them ? " " Why not ? " sighed Madama , placidly ...
... drink . Two rooms Numero 9 and Numero 10. " " I was expecting that gentleman and that lady , " said Goodwin . " I have important negocios that must be transacted . Will you allow me to see them ? " " Why not ? " sighed Madama , placidly ...
Pagina 97
... drink lay stagnant , inclined to cor- pulence and misery . Yes , I think he was a kind of Dutchman , being very sad and genial in his ways . 6 " The marvelous invention , ' he says , ' entitled the phonograph , has never invaded these ...
... drink lay stagnant , inclined to cor- pulence and misery . Yes , I think he was a kind of Dutchman , being very sad and genial in his ways . 6 " The marvelous invention , ' he says , ' entitled the phonograph , has never invaded these ...
Pagina 100
... drink to be had with every tune . The natives had acquirements of a pleasant think in the way of a drink that gums itself to the recollection . They chop off the end of a green cocoanut , and pour in on the juice of it French brandy and ...
... drink to be had with every tune . The natives had acquirements of a pleasant think in the way of a drink that gums itself to the recollection . They chop off the end of a green cocoanut , and pour in on the juice of it French brandy and ...
Pagina 115
... out , told of the coming of the two guests to her house . 66 To my house they came , " said she - 66 one señor , not quite old , and one señorita of sufficient handsome- ness . They desired not to eat or to drink Money Maze 115.
... out , told of the coming of the two guests to her house . 66 To my house they came , " said she - 66 one señor , not quite old , and one señorita of sufficient handsome- ness . They desired not to eat or to drink Money Maze 115.
Pagina 116
O. Henry. ness . They desired not to eat or to drink not even of my aguardiente , which is the best . To their rooms they ascended Numero Nueve and Numero Diez . Later came Señor Goodwin , who ascended to speak with them . Then I heard a ...
O. Henry. ness . They desired not to eat or to drink not even of my aguardiente , which is the best . To their rooms they ascended Numero Nueve and Numero Diez . Later came Señor Goodwin , who ascended to speak with them . Then I heard a ...
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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