Cabbages and Kings: Adventure Short Stories

by O. Henry

Overview

Set in a fictitious Central American country called the Republic of Anchuria. This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works. It takes its title from the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", featured in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. Its plot contains famous elements in the poem: shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings. The novel contains various short stories, all of which occur in Anchuria, and are connected to each other.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788834182802
Publisher:	Diamond Book Publishing
Publication date:	09/09/2019
Series:	O. Henry Collection , #1
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

O. Henry
About the Author
American writer William Sydney Porter (September (1862 - 1910) wrote under the pen name O. Henry and is best known for his witty tales including The Gift of the Magi.
He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and when his mother died at an early age he lived with his father and grandmother. He was a pharmacist by the age of 19 and later moved to Texas for health reasons. He resided on a sheep ranch and worked as a shepherd, ranch hand and cook. He also spent time reading classic literature and learning new languages.
As his health improved, he worked in various jobs including as a pharmacist, bank teller and journalist. He wrote stories as a sideline.
After he left the bank, an investigation led to charges of embezzlement against him. He fled - first to New Orleans then to Honduras which did not have an extradition treaty with the U.S. He wrote Cabbages and Kings while in a Honduras hotel and coined the term "banana republic" to qualify the country. The phrase is now used to describe tropical Latin American countries with an agrarian economy.
His wife Athol planned to meet him but became ill and could not travel. When he learned that his wife might die, Porter returned to Texas and surrendered to the court. He was found guilty and sentenced to five years.
He later moved to New York to be near his publishers and embarked on a period of creativity that led to him being compared to Guy de Maupassant because of his witty story endings. He died in New York at 48.