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 · Cabbages and Kings was O. Henry's first collection of short stories, published in Classifications. Dewey: / Edit. Cabbages and kings This edition was published in by Doubleday, Page in Garden City, N.Y. The Physical Object Pagination p.: . CABBAGES AND KINGS. by O Henry. Contents. The Proem "Fox-in-the-Morning" The Lotus and the Bottle Smith Caught Cupid's Exile Number Two The Phonograph and the Graft Money Maze The Admiral The Flag Paramount The Shamrock and the Palm The Remnants of the Code Shoes Ships Masters of Arts Dicky Rouge et Noir Two Recalls. Literature Network» O Henry» Cabbages and Kings» Ch. 8: The Admiral. Ch. 8: The Admiral. THE ADMIRAL. Spilled milk draws few tears from an Anchurian administration. Many are its lacteal sources; and the clocks' hands point forever to milking time. Even the rich cream skimmed from the treasury by the bewitched Miraflores did not cause.


Henry, O., Title. Cabbages and Kings. Contents. The proem: by the carpenter -- "Fox-in-the-morning" -- The lotus and the bottle -- Smith -- Caught -- Cupid's exile number two -- The phonograph and the graft -- Money maze -- The admiral -- The flag paramount -- The shamrock and the palm -- The remnants of the code -- Shoes -- Ships. Cabbages and Kings is a work on fiction by O. Henry. Published in , it's not the type of book I would normally write a full review for, but I've found a have a lot to say. Published in , it's not the type of book I would normally write a full review for, but I've found a have a lot to say. O. Henry wove several stories together into this highly episodic narrative, his only novel, taking his title and inspiration from Lewis Carroll's ballad of the walrus and the carpenter in Through the Looking-Glass.. The stories are set in the fictional country of Anchuria in Central America, a banana republic where larceny is rampant and revolution lurks in every impoverished back alley.


Cabbages and Kings. Welcome to Coralio, a pleasant South American coastal town. Heading for it is President Miraflores, who has abandoned his job but brought along an opera singer and a good chunk of his nation's treasury. A motley crew of expatriates and locals is waiting for him, and so is his strange fate. Cabbages and Kings By O. Henry, Page 3. THE PROEM: By the Carpenter THEY will tell you in Anchuria, that President Miraflores, of that volatile republic, died by his own hand in the coast town of Coralio; that he had reached thus far in flight from the inconveniences of an imminent revolution; and that one hundred thousand dollars, government funds, which he carried with him in an. Henry, O., Title. Cabbages and Kings. Contents. The proem: by the carpenter

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