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 187
... sands . " Tell ' em , ye divil , " he chuckled , " how you got even with the tropical general in the way of agricul- tural manoeuvrings . " " Havin ' no money , " concluded Clancy , with unc- tion , " they set him to work his fine out ...
... sands . " Tell ' em , ye divil , " he chuckled , " how you got even with the tropical general in the way of agricul- tural manoeuvrings . " " Havin ' no money , " concluded Clancy , with unc- tion , " they set him to work his fine out ...
Pagina 190
... sand diversified wrinkles and creases , inclosed him absurdly , like the garb of some effigy that had been stuffed in sport and thrown there after indignity had been wrought upon it . But firmly upon the high bridge of his nose reposed ...
... sand diversified wrinkles and creases , inclosed him absurdly , like the garb of some effigy that had been stuffed in sport and thrown there after indignity had been wrought upon it . But firmly upon the high bridge of his nose reposed ...
Pagina 191
... sand . He moved without a destination in his mind . The little town was languidly stirring to its daily life . Golden - skinned babies tumbled over one another in the grass . The sea breeze brought him appetite , but nothing to satisfy ...
... sand . He moved without a destination in his mind . The little town was languidly stirring to its daily life . Golden - skinned babies tumbled over one another in the grass . The sea breeze brought him appetite , but nothing to satisfy ...
Pagina 192
... sands of a Southern sea by the artful walrus , Circumstance , and the im- placable carpenter , Fate . He To Blythe money was now but a memory . had drained his friends of all that their good - fellow- ship had to offer ; then he had ...
... sands of a Southern sea by the artful walrus , Circumstance , and the im- placable carpenter , Fate . He To Blythe money was now but a memory . had drained his friends of all that their good - fellow- ship had to offer ; then he had ...
Pagina 196
... sand from his garments and re- polished his glasses . - - " I've got to do it — oh , I've got to do it , " he told himself , aloud . " If I had a quart of rum I believe I could stave it off yet for a little while . But there's no more ...
... sand from his garments and re- polished his glasses . - - " I've got to do it — oh , I've got to do it , " he told himself , aloud . " If I had a quart of rum I believe I could stave it off yet for a little while . But there's no more ...
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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