Romance: A NovelOne 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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Carlos was of no use he knew it , and , without saying a word , busied himself in
bailing the water out . But Castro , I was surprised to notice , knew more than I did
about a boat , and , maimed as he was , made himself useful . “ To me it looks as
...
Carlos was of no use he knew it , and , without saying a word , busied himself in
bailing the water out . But Castro , I was surprised to notice , knew more than I did
about a boat , and , maimed as he was , made himself useful . “ To me it looks as
...
Page 25
Sitting by the tiller , I got as much out of her as I knew how . We would go as far as
we could before the run was over . Carlos bailed unceasingly , and without a
word of complaint , sticking to his self - appointed task as if in very truth he were ...
Sitting by the tiller , I got as much out of her as I knew how . We would go as far as
we could before the run was over . Carlos bailed unceasingly , and without a
word of complaint , sticking to his self - appointed task as if in very truth he were ...
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... like Veronica's , bright golden , and a face like that of a certain keeper's
daughter . Carlos , however , knew nothing about his cousin ; he cared little more
, as far as I could tell . What can + she be to me since I have seen your 28
ROMANCE.
... like Veronica's , bright golden , and a face like that of a certain keeper's
daughter . Carlos , however , knew nothing about his cousin ; he cared little more
, as far as I could tell . What can + she be to me since I have seen your 28
ROMANCE.
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I only knew that going out of his berth was like escaping from the dark lair of a
beast into a sunlit world . There is no denying that his words , and still more his
manner , had awakened in me a sense of insecurity that had no precise object ,
for it ...
I only knew that going out of his berth was like escaping from the dark lair of a
beast into a sunlit world . There is no denying that his words , and still more his
manner , had awakened in me a sense of insecurity that had no precise object ,
for it ...
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I looked at him and wondered , for all his impassivity , what he knew — what , in
the depths of his inscrutable Spanish brain , his dark eyes concealed . He bowed
to me a little . There will come a very great trouble , ” he said . Jamaica was in ...
I looked at him and wondered , for all his impassivity , what he knew — what , in
the depths of his inscrutable Spanish brain , his dark eyes concealed . He bowed
to me a little . There will come a very great trouble , ” he said . Jamaica was in ...
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| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1903 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2018 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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