RomanceOne 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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... face , that day I am not likely to forget . I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store , the indescribable smell of damp gloom , of locos , of pimento , of olive oil , of new sugar , of new rum ; the glassy double ...
... face , that day I am not likely to forget . I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store , the indescribable smell of damp gloom , of locos , of pimento , of olive oil , of new sugar , of new rum ; the glassy double ...
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... face of that day ; her eyes were gray - the gray of black , not of blue . For a moment they looked me straight in the face , reflectively , unconcerned , and then traveled to the spectacles of old Ramon . This glance - remember I was ...
... face of that day ; her eyes were gray - the gray of black , not of blue . For a moment they looked me straight in the face , reflectively , unconcerned , and then traveled to the spectacles of old Ramon . This glance - remember I was ...
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... face with the color and texture of a white - heart cherry . He used to spend his days in a hooded chair . My mother managed everything , leading an out - of - door life which gave her face the color of a wrinkled pippin . It was the face ...
... face with the color and texture of a white - heart cherry . He used to spend his days in a hooded chair . My mother managed everything , leading an out - of - door life which gave her face the color of a wrinkled pippin . It was the face ...
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... face of the quarry rose up pale in the moonlight ; the dusky red fires of the limekilns glowed at the base , sending up a blood - red dust of sullen smoke . " I'll swear they think they've dropped straight into hell . " You'll have to ...
... face of the quarry rose up pale in the moonlight ; the dusky red fires of the limekilns glowed at the base , sending up a blood - red dust of sullen smoke . " I'll swear they think they've dropped straight into hell . " You'll have to ...
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... bright golden , and a face like that of a certain keeper's daughter . Carlos , however , knew nothing about his cousin ; he cared little more , as far as I could tell . What can 66 • • she be to me since I have seen 28 ROMANCE.
... bright golden , and a face like that of a certain keeper's daughter . Carlos , however , knew nothing about his cousin ; he cared little more , as far as I could tell . What can 66 • • she be to me since I have seen 28 ROMANCE.
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