Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry, Fiction, Literary, Classics, Short Stories
This book was written while by a man on the lam, literally, in Honduras. O. Henry (whose real name was William Sydney Porter) was awaiting trial over bank embezzlement changes, and his father in law posted bail to keep him out of jail -- but the day before Porter was due to stand trial he fled, first to New Orleans and later to Honduras. While holed up in a Trujillo, Honduras, hotel for several months, he wrote Cabbages and Kings. This is the book where Henry coined the term banana republic to describe the country; the term went on to be used to describe almost any small, unstable tropical nation in Latin America. And then his wife's long-ter…
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Weitere Autoren: Porter, William Sydney
- ISBN: 978-1-4638-9760-4
- EAN: 9781463897604
- Produktnummer: 25811549
- Verlag: Aegypan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 188 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.4 cm 433 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 433
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William Sydney Porter (1862 - 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. Porter's most prolific writing period started in 1902, when he moved to New York City to be near his publishers. While there, he wrote 381 short stories. He wrote a story a week for over a year for the New York World Sunday Magazine. His wit, characterization and plot twists were adored by his readers but often panned by critics.
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