Romance: A NovelOne of three novels on which Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford collaborated, Romance tells the story of John Kemp, who dreams of adventure but has never set foot beyond the boundary of the family farm. Kemp gets more than he bargained for when adventure comes knocking in the form of two Spanish travelers who need help. |
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Page 94
You have done mischief enough , fools of Lugareņos . Now we go . " I saw , as in
a dream of stress and violence , some men making ready to cast off the schooner
, and then , in a supreme effort , an effort of lusty youth and strength , which I ...
You have done mischief enough , fools of Lugareņos . Now we go . " I saw , as in
a dream of stress and violence , some men making ready to cast off the schooner
, and then , in a supreme effort , an effort of lusty youth and strength , which I ...
Page 123
The respectable population of Rio Medio , leading a cloistered existence in the
ruins of old splendor , used to call that thievish rabble Lugareņos — villagers .
They were sea - thieves , but they were dangerous . At night , from these clusters
of ...
The respectable population of Rio Medio , leading a cloistered existence in the
ruins of old splendor , used to call that thievish rabble Lugareņos — villagers .
They were sea - thieves , but they were dangerous . At night , from these clusters
of ...
Page 130
He could make himself necessary ; he could bribe ; he could frighten ; he was
able to make use of the highest in the land and of the lowest , from the present
Captain - General to the Lugareņos . In Havana he had for him the reigning
powers ...
He could make himself necessary ; he could bribe ; he could frighten ; he was
able to make use of the highest in the land and of the lowest , from the present
Captain - General to the Lugareņos . In Havana he had for him the reigning
powers ...
Page 133
There has arrived a friar from a Havana convent amongst the Lugareņos of the
bay . I have known him come like this before . " I remembered that in the morning
, while dressing , I had glanced out of the narrow outside window of my room ,
and ...
There has arrived a friar from a Havana convent amongst the Lugareņos of the
bay . I have known him come like this before . " I remembered that in the morning
, while dressing , I had glanced out of the narrow outside window of my room ,
and ...
Page 137
The two Lugareņos had stolen in unnoticed by me . There was a stifled metallic
ringing , as of a guitar carried under a cloak . Vengeance on the heretic Inglez ! ” “
Come away ! They may suddenly open the gate and fall upon us with sticks .
The two Lugareņos had stolen in unnoticed by me . There was a stifled metallic
ringing , as of a guitar carried under a cloak . Vengeance on the heretic Inglez ! ” “
Come away ! They may suddenly open the gate and fall upon us with sticks .
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| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1903 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2018 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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