Complete Works of O Henry Authentic Edition De Luxe Edition

by O. Henry and O. O.

Book Overview

Cabbages and Kings is a 1904 novel written by O. Henry, set in a fictitious Central American country called the Republic of Anchuria. It takes its title from the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter,"... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B0031JN63K
• Release Date: January 1937
• Publisher: Garden City Publishing
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

I'm glad O Henry escaped prison

I am glad O Henry escaped from his Texas prison, because his period of exile in Honduras provided him with beautiful fodder for this book. Actually, it is a series of linking vignettes about a mythical town (Coralio) in the mythical Central American "Banana Republic" of Anchuria. The protagonists are American and other foreign misfits who have formed a colony along the disease ridden coast of Anchuria. Achingly funny stories populate Cabbages and Kings, especially the one about an Irish Soldier of Fortune who gets swindled by a Guatemalan general and seeks revenge. Although extremely humourous, Cabbages and Kings is historically valuable as well. It provides an accurate representation of turn-of-the-century life in Caribbean Honduras.