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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... round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp's farm was a hotbed of disorder . I expect it was , too ; three of our men were hung up at Canterbury on one day - for horse - stealing and arson . Anyhow , that was my mother . As for me , I was ...
... round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp's farm was a hotbed of disorder . I expect it was , too ; three of our men were hung up at Canterbury on one day - for horse - stealing and arson . Anyhow , that was my mother . As for me , I was ...
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... round our foot - hills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of that great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down ...
... round our foot - hills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of that great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down ...
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... squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the idea of letting me take his place . Finally he settled it ; and I embarked on a long adventure . B CHAPTER II ETWEEN moonrise and sunset I was stumbling ΙΟ ROMANCE.
... squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the idea of letting me take his place . Finally he settled it ; and I embarked on a long adventure . B CHAPTER II ETWEEN moonrise and sunset I was stumbling ΙΟ ROMANCE.
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... round them . " " The great horses formed an irregular half - circle round us ; men descended clumsily , like sacks of corn . The lanthorn was seized and flashed upon us ; there was a confused hubbub . I caught my own name . " Yes , I'm ...
... round them . " " The great horses formed an irregular half - circle round us ; men descended clumsily , like sacks of corn . The lanthorn was seized and flashed upon us ; there was a confused hubbub . I caught my own name . " Yes , I'm ...
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... round . " Don't struggle , " he whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I felt hands fumbling with a knot at the back of my head . " You're all right , " he said again . The hubbub of voices ceased ...
... round . " Don't struggle , " he whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I felt hands fumbling with a knot at the back of my head . " You're all right , " he said again . The hubbub of voices ceased ...
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