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 18
... hands all ' round , and — ” " You've got " You do not , " interrupted Keogh . a fine sporting game mixed up in your head with ' All Around the Rosebush . ' The spirit of ' Fox - in - the- Morning ' is opposed to the holding of hands . I ...
... hands all ' round , and — ” " You've got " You do not , " interrupted Keogh . a fine sporting game mixed up in your head with ' All Around the Rosebush . ' The spirit of ' Fox - in - the- Morning ' is opposed to the holding of hands . I ...
Pagina 21
... hand , and this muslin siren in the other , galloping down hill on a sym- pathetic mule amid songbirds and flowers ! And here is Billy Keogh , because he is virtuous , condemned to the unprofitable swindle of slandering the faces of ...
... hand , and this muslin siren in the other , galloping down hill on a sym- pathetic mule amid songbirds and flowers ! And here is Billy Keogh , because he is virtuous , condemned to the unprofitable swindle of slandering the faces of ...
Pagina 28
... right in the sand , and stooped , with his hands resting upon his knees . The purser , burlesquing the pitcher's contortions , hurled at the consul the heavy roll of newspapers , tied with a string , that the steamer 28 Cabbages and Kings.
... right in the sand , and stooped , with his hands resting upon his knees . The purser , burlesquing the pitcher's contortions , hurled at the consul the heavy roll of newspapers , tied with a string , that the steamer 28 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 30
... hand was one of those bulky mattresses of printed stuff upon which the readers of certain New York journals are supposed to take their Sabbath literary nap . Opening this the consul rested it upon the table , supporting its weight with ...
... hand was one of those bulky mattresses of printed stuff upon which the readers of certain New York journals are supposed to take their Sabbath literary nap . Opening this the consul rested it upon the table , supporting its weight with ...
Pagina 41
... hand struck against the bot- tle . He started as if he had touched the cold ro- tundity of a serpent . He had forgotten that the bottle was there . He lighted the lamp and fed the monkey . Then , very deliberately , he lighted a cigar ...
... hand struck against the bot- tle . He started as if he had touched the cold ro- tundity of a serpent . He had forgotten that the bottle was there . He lighted the lamp and fed the monkey . Then , very deliberately , he lighted a cigar ...
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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