RomanceImmerse yourself in a world devised by two masters of twentieth century fiction, Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford. Second in a series of three collaborations between the two writers, Romance combines elements of high-seas adventure with a touching love story. |
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... looked me straight in the face, reflectively, unconcerned, and then travelled to the spectacles of old Ramon. This glance—remember I was young on that day—had been enough to set me wondering what they were thinking of me; what they ...
... looked me straight in the face, reflectively, unconcerned, and then travelled to the spectacles of old Ramon. This glance—remember I was young on that day—had been enough to set me wondering what they were thinking of me; what they ...
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... looked at him wonderingly in the dusk; his high coat collar almost hid his face, and his hat was pressed down over his eyes. The thing seemed incredible to me. Here was an adventure, and I was shocked to see that Rooksby was in a ...
... looked at him wonderingly in the dusk; his high coat collar almost hid his face, and his hat was pressed down over his eyes. The thing seemed incredible to me. Here was an adventure, and I was shocked to see that Rooksby was in a ...
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... looked up at me. "This ain't—— Mr. Lilly white, I don't believe this ain't a Jack Spaniard." The clinks of bits and stirrup-irons came down in a waft again. "That be hanged for a tale, Thorns," the man with the lanthorn said sharply ...
... looked up at me. "This ain't—— Mr. Lilly white, I don't believe this ain't a Jack Spaniard." The clinks of bits and stirrup-irons came down in a waft again. "That be hanged for a tale, Thorns," the man with the lanthorn said sharply ...
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... welcome. If I had had a few pence more there would have been none of this worry, and I should not have been on this dirty ship in these rags." He looked down goodhumouredly at his clothes. "But," I said, "how do you come to be in 48.
... welcome. If I had had a few pence more there would have been none of this worry, and I should not have been on this dirty ship in these rags." He looked down goodhumouredly at his clothes. "But," I said, "how do you come to be in 48.
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... , "But why do you go to Jamaica at all if you are bound for Cuba?" He looked at me, smiling a little mournfully. "Ah, Juan mio," he said, "Spain is not like your England, unchanging and stable. The party who reign to-day do not 51.
... , "But why do you go to Jamaica at all if you are bound for Cuba?" He looked at me, smiling a little mournfully. "Ah, Juan mio," he said, "Spain is not like your England, unchanging and stable. The party who reign to-day do not 51.
Contents
Chapter Six | 295 |
PART FOURTH BLADE AND GUITAR | 319 |
Chapter One | 320 |
Chapter Two | 337 |
Chapter Three | 356 |
Chapter Four | 380 |
Chapter Five | 399 |
Chapter Six | 435 |
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Chapter Six | 153 |
Chapter Seven | 168 |
PART THIRD CASA RIEGO | 181 |
Chapter One | 182 |
Chapter Two | 196 |
Chapter Three | 216 |
Chapter Four | 237 |
Chapter Five | 268 |
Chapter Seven | 455 |
Chapter Eight | 476 |
Chapter Nine | 494 |
Chapter Ten | 514 |
Chapter Eleven | 555 |
PART FIFTH THE LOT OF MAN | 593 |
Chapter One | 594 |
Chapter Two | 612 |
Chapter Three | 640 |
Chapter Four | 662 |
Chapter Five | 693 |
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