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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Page 8
... seemed unjust that she would go out into the great world - to Bath , to Brighton , should see the Prince Regent and the great fights on Hounslow Heath - whilst I was to remain forever a farmer's boy . That afternoon I was upstairs ...
... seemed unjust that she would go out into the great world - to Bath , to Brighton , should see the Prince Regent and the great fights on Hounslow Heath - whilst I was to remain forever a farmer's boy . That afternoon I was upstairs ...
Page 9
... seemed incredible to me . Here was an adventure , and I was shocked to see that Rooksby was in a pitiable state about it . " But , Ralph , " I said , " I would help Carlos . " " " ' Oh , you , " he said fretfully . " You want to run ...
... seemed incredible to me . Here was an adventure , and I was shocked to see that Rooksby was in a pitiable state about it . " But , Ralph , " I said , " I would help Carlos . " " " ' Oh , you , " he said fretfully . " You want to run ...
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Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. He seemed ready to tear his hair , and then I put in my say . He needed a little persuasion , though , in spite of Veronica . I should have to meet Carlos Riego and Castro in a little fir- wood above the ...
Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. He seemed ready to tear his hair , and then I put in my say . He needed a little persuasion , though , in spite of Veronica . I should have to meet Carlos Riego and Castro in a little fir- wood above the ...
Page 12
... seemed an abominable episode , a piece of bad faith on the part of ' fate . I ought to have been exempt from these sordid haps , but the man's hot leathery hand on my throat was like a foretaste of the other collar . And I was horribly ...
... seemed an abominable episode , a piece of bad faith on the part of ' fate . I ought to have been exempt from these sordid haps , but the man's hot leathery hand on my throat was like a foretaste of the other collar . And I was horribly ...
Page 27
... seemed to hang in the air round the grotesque raggedness of the saturnine brown man . Carlos had made Spain too hot to hold him in those tortuous ntrigues of the Army of the Faith and Bourbon troops and Italian legions . From what I ...
... seemed to hang in the air round the grotesque raggedness of the saturnine brown man . Carlos had made Spain too hot to hold him in those tortuous ntrigues of the Army of the Faith and Bourbon troops and Italian legions . From what I ...
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