Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1919 - 312 pagine A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic." |
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Pagina 57
... side- walk for his new acquaintance . The two seated themselves . " You are a man of the world , " said Dr. Gregg ; " a man of travel and experience . Your decision in a matter of ethics and , no doubt , on the points of equity ...
... side- walk for his new acquaintance . The two seated themselves . " You are a man of the world , " said Dr. Gregg ; " a man of travel and experience . Your decision in a matter of ethics and , no doubt , on the points of equity ...
Pagina 65
... side , who seemed to urge forward , if not even to assist , her companion in their swift but silent progress . They were no Coralians , those two . Goodwin followed at increased speed , but without any of the artful tactics that are so ...
... side , who seemed to urge forward , if not even to assist , her companion in their swift but silent progress . They were no Coralians , those two . Goodwin followed at increased speed , but without any of the artful tactics that are so ...
Pagina 67
... sides of the hotel that looked upon the street , and observing whether anyone should attempt to leave the house by any door or window . Goodwin himself went to the door through which the guests had entered , opened it and stepped inside ...
... sides of the hotel that looked upon the street , and observing whether anyone should attempt to leave the house by any door or window . Goodwin himself went to the door through which the guests had entered , opened it and stepped inside ...
Pagina 90
... side . " That's old H. P. Mellinger , " explained Keogh , dropping back into his chair . " He's going back to New York . He was private secretary of the late hot - foot president of this grocery and fruit stand that they call a country ...
... side . " That's old H. P. Mellinger , " explained Keogh , dropping back into his chair . " He's going back to New York . He was private secretary of the late hot - foot president of this grocery and fruit stand that they call a country ...
Pagina 102
... side of two minutes . There isn't big money in it , but it's a sure thing , and lets a man sleep of nights . ' " Thus Homer P. Mellinger made oration to me and Henry Horsecollar . And , later , he divested himself of this remark : 66 ...
... side of two minutes . There isn't big money in it , but it's a sure thing , and lets a man sleep of nights . ' " Thus Homer P. Mellinger made oration to me and Henry Horsecollar . And , later , he divested himself of this remark : 66 ...
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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 Karlsefin lady land laugh looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic revolution 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 tintypes tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla