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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... sail in and out of the patches of shadow that fell from the moon right above our heads . We embarked , and , as we drew further out , the land turned to a shadow , spotted here and there with little lights . Behind us a cock crowed ...
... sail in and out of the patches of shadow that fell from the moon right above our heads . We embarked , and , as we drew further out , the land turned to a shadow , spotted here and there with little lights . Behind us a cock crowed ...
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... sails high above us , and at last many faces peering unseeingly over the rail in our direction . We all shouted together . I may say that it was thanks to me that we reached the ship . Our boat went down under us whilst I was tying a ...
... sails high above us , and at last many faces peering unseeingly over the rail in our direction . We all shouted together . I may say that it was thanks to me that we reached the ship . Our boat went down under us whilst I was tying a ...
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... sailing gallantly out to take up his inheritance from an uncle who was a great noble , owning the greater part of one of the Intendencias of Cuba . " He is a very old man , I hear , " Carlos said— " a little doting , and having need of ...
... sailing gallantly out to take up his inheritance from an uncle who was a great noble , owning the greater part of one of the Intendencias of Cuba . " He is a very old man , I hear , " Carlos said— " a little doting , and having need of ...
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... sailing in uncomfortable circumstances detracted little ; nor did his clothes , which , at the worst , were better than any I had ever had . And he wore them with an air and a grace . He had prob- ably been in worse circumstances when ...
... sailing in uncomfortable circumstances detracted little ; nor did his clothes , which , at the worst , were better than any I had ever had . And he wore them with an air and a grace . He had prob- ably been in worse circumstances when ...
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... sailing for Havana , for New Orleans , or any Gulf port , you would ask me . What more natural ? It is my business , my trade , to know these things . In that way I make my bread . But as for Rio Medio , I do not know the place . " He ...
... sailing for Havana , for New Orleans , or any Gulf port , you would ask me . What more natural ? It is my business , my trade , to know these things . In that way I make my bread . But as for Rio Medio , I do not know the place . " He ...
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