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 96
... close - featured , rather long face , with an immense nose that from the front resembled the section of a bell ; eyebrows like horseshoes , and very large - pupiled eyes that had the purplish - brown luster of a horse's . His air was ...
... close - featured , rather long face , with an immense nose that from the front resembled the section of a bell ; eyebrows like horseshoes , and very large - pupiled eyes that had the purplish - brown luster of a horse's . His air was ...
Page 114
... close together , one like a noble ivory carving , the other black with the mute pathos of the African faces , seemed to commune in a fellowship of age , of things far off , remembered , lived through together . There was something mys ...
... close together , one like a noble ivory carving , the other black with the mute pathos of the African faces , seemed to commune in a fellowship of age , of things far off , remembered , lived through together . There was something mys ...
Page 126
... close intimacy stands in the way of love spring- ing up between two young people , but in our case it was different . My passion seemed to spring from our understanding , because the understanding was in the face of danger . We were ...
... close intimacy stands in the way of love spring- ing up between two young people , but in our case it was different . My passion seemed to spring from our understanding , because the understanding was in the face of danger . We were ...
Page 144
... close my grasp , afraid of the vanity of my hopes , shrinking from the intense felicity in the audacious act . Father Antonio - I must say the word - blubbered . He was now only a tender - hearted , simple old man , nothing more ...
... close my grasp , afraid of the vanity of my hopes , shrinking from the intense felicity in the audacious act . Father Antonio - I must say the word - blubbered . He was now only a tender - hearted , simple old man , nothing more ...
Page 150
... close to her elbow . I heard her voice saying sadly , " You need fear nothing for your- self , child " ; and they moved away slowly . I remained facing O'Brien , with a vague notion of protecting their retreat . This time it was I who ...
... close to her elbow . I heard her voice saying sadly , " You need fear nothing for your- self , child " ; and they moved away slowly . I remained facing O'Brien , with a vague notion of protecting their retreat . This time it was I who ...
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