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 7
I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to
Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under the steep ,
brown downs , just beside the Roman road to Canterbury ; Stone Street — the
Street ...
I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to
Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under the steep ,
brown downs , just beside the Roman road to Canterbury ; Stone Street — the
Street ...
Page 14
Thoms never loosed his hold of my collar . At the steep of the hill the men and
horses came into sight against the white sky , a confused crowd of ominous
things . “ Turn that lanthorn off'n me , ” the horseman said . “ Don't you see you
frighten ...
Thoms never loosed his hold of my collar . At the steep of the hill the men and
horses came into sight against the white sky , a confused crowd of ominous
things . “ Turn that lanthorn off'n me , ” the horseman said . “ Don't you see you
frighten ...
Page 16
... a low bank , and swear to him that he was clawing the brink of Shakespeare's
Cliff or any other hundred - foot drop . The wretched creatures suffered all the
tortures of death before they let go , and , as a rule , they never returned to our
parts .
... a low bank , and swear to him that he was clawing the brink of Shakespeare's
Cliff or any other hundred - foot drop . The wretched creatures suffered all the
tortures of death before they let go , and , as a rule , they never returned to our
parts .
Page 26
On board , the women passengers were screaming , and as I clung desperately
to the rope that was thrown me , it struck me oddly that I had never before heard
so many women's voices at the same time . Afterwards , when I stood on the deck
...
On board , the women passengers were screaming , and as I clung desperately
to the rope that was thrown me , it struck me oddly that I had never before heard
so many women's voices at the same time . Afterwards , when I stood on the deck
...
Page 27
He himself had never been in Cuba or seen his uncle ; but he had , as I have
indicated , ruined himself in one way or another in Spain , and it had come as a
God - send to him when his uncle had sent Tomas Castro to bring him to Cuba ,
to ...
He himself had never been in Cuba or seen his uncle ; but he had , as I have
indicated , ruined himself in one way or another in Spain , and it had come as a
God - send to him when his uncle had sent Tomas Castro to bring him to Cuba ,
to ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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