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 180
... pictures of the fat Weary Willie in the funny papers . I looked again , and saw it was my general man De Vega , the great revolutionist , mule - rider and pick - axe importer . When he saw me the general hesitated with his mouth filled ...
... pictures of the fat Weary Willie in the funny papers . I looked again , and saw it was my general man De Vega , the great revolutionist , mule - rider and pick - axe importer . When he saw me the general hesitated with his mouth filled ...
Pagina 235
... picture , and had it hung in a church in the capital . He ordered from a French sculptor a marble group including himself with Napoleon , Alexander the Great , and one or two others whom he deemed worthy of the honour . He ransacked ...
... picture , and had it hung in a church in the capital . He ordered from a French sculptor a marble group including himself with Napoleon , Alexander the Great , and one or two others whom he deemed worthy of the honour . He ransacked ...
Pagina 237
... pictures yet . " Keogh glanced about the studio with the shrewd eye of a connoisseur in business . " Yes , you can do it , " he declared , with many gentle nods of his head . " That big one in the cor- ner with the angels and green ...
... pictures yet . " Keogh glanced about the studio with the shrewd eye of a connoisseur in business . " Yes , you can do it , " he declared , with many gentle nods of his head . " That big one in the cor- ner with the angels and green ...
Pagina 238
... picture is it to be ? " " It's a long story , " said Keogh . " Go ahead with it . If you don't mind , while you talk I'll just keep my eye on these sausages . Let ' em get one shade deeper than a Vandyke brown and you spoil ' em ...
... picture is it to be ? " " It's a long story , " said Keogh . " Go ahead with it . If you don't mind , while you talk I'll just keep my eye on these sausages . Let ' em get one shade deeper than a Vandyke brown and you spoil ' em ...
Pagina 243
... picture painted by the celebrated young American painter and filibuster now sojourning in his down - trodden country . Off you go . " The victoria sped away with the artist . Keogh walked up and down , puffing great clouds of smoke from ...
... picture painted by the celebrated young American painter and filibuster now sojourning in his down - trodden country . Off you go . " The victoria sped away with the artist . Keogh walked up and down , puffing great clouds of smoke from ...
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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