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Excerpt from Cabbages and Kings
The oral tradition crops up regularly as tales told by characters (the Phonograph and the Graft, The Shamrock and the Palm) and as interpolations that scarcely forward the plot (the two pairs of stories The Admiral, The Flag Paramount and Dicky, Rouge et These are not gratuitous paddings: they are all parables of lost integrity regained. For 0. Henry they were the most important part of his text, and they are all variants of his own compromised morality.
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The oral tradition crops up regularly as tales told by characters (the Phonograph and the Graft, The Shamrock and the Palm) and as interpolations that scarcely forward the plot (the two pairs of stories The Admiral, The Flag Paramount and Dicky, Rouge et These are not gratuitous paddings: they are all parables of lost integrity regained. For 0. Henry they were the most important part of his text, and they are all variants of his own compromised morality.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
O. Henry
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780265302378
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
Page Count - 259
Paperback
Contributors
Author
O. Henry
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331067658
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
Page Count - 261
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