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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Page 121
... close to us, and handed it to her father, who had leant a little forward in his chair. Every movement of hers affected me with an intimate joy; it was as if I had been waiting to see just that carriage of the neck, just that proud ...
... close to us, and handed it to her father, who had leant a little forward in his chair. Every movement of hers affected me with an intimate joy; it was as if I had been waiting to see just that carriage of the neck, just that proud ...
Page 136
... close to us now. "What do you mean by coming-to right across my bows like this?" it yelled in a fury. I stood still in the shadows on the poop. We were drawing slowly past the stern of the Spaniard, and O'Brien's voice answered in ...
... close to us now. "What do you mean by coming-to right across my bows like this?" it yelled in a fury. I stood still in the shadows on the poop. We were drawing slowly past the stern of the Spaniard, and O'Brien's voice answered in ...
Page 137
... close to the rail I said, not very loud—there was no need to shout—but very distinctly: "I am out of your clutches, Mr. O'Brien, after all. I promise you that you shall hear of me yet." Meanwhile, another man had come up from forward on ...
... close to the rail I said, not very loud—there was no need to shout—but very distinctly: "I am out of your clutches, Mr. O'Brien, after all. I promise you that you shall hear of me yet." Meanwhile, another man had come up from forward on ...
Page 140
... close of the next day she was gone out of sight ahead, steering, apparently, the same course with ourselves. Her superior sailing had an enormous influence upon my fortunes; and I was more adrift in the world than ever before, more in ...
... close of the next day she was gone out of sight ahead, steering, apparently, the same course with ourselves. Her superior sailing had an enormous influence upon my fortunes; and I was more adrift in the world than ever before, more in ...
Page 144
... close in with the coast that the surf along the shore gleamed and sparkled in full view. Someone shouted aloft, "Look out! They are firing again." Then only I noticed, a quarter of a mile astern and between the land and us, a little ...
... close in with the coast that the surf along the shore gleamed and sparkled in full view. Someone shouted aloft, "Look out! They are firing again." Then only I noticed, a quarter of a mile astern and between the land and us, a little ...
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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