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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Page 124
I laugh and wonder as I write these words ; but the man did look upon it as a war
and nothing else . What he had had the audacity to propose to me had been
treason , not thieving . It had a glamour for him which , he supposed , a
Separationist ...
I laugh and wonder as I write these words ; but the man did look upon it as a war
and nothing else . What he had had the audacity to propose to me had been
treason , not thieving . It had a glamour for him which , he supposed , a
Separationist ...
Page 126
She was an apparition of dreams -the girl with the lizard , the girl with the dagger ,
a wonder to stretch out my hands to from afar ; and yet I was permitted to whisper
intimately to this my dream , to this vision . We had to put our heads close ...
She was an apparition of dreams -the girl with the lizard , the girl with the dagger ,
a wonder to stretch out my hands to from afar ; and yet I was permitted to whisper
intimately to this my dream , to this vision . We had to put our heads close ...
Page 132
With Seraphina I talked of it and its denizens as of a fabulous country . I wonder
what idea she had formed of my father , of my mother , my sister— “ Seņora Doņa
Veronica Rooksby , " she called her - of the landscape , of the life , of the sky .
With Seraphina I talked of it and its denizens as of a fabulous country . I wonder
what idea she had formed of my father , of my mother , my sister— “ Seņora Doņa
Veronica Rooksby , " she called her - of the landscape , of the life , of the sky .
Page 141
... great mahogany panels at my approach . The candlesticks trembled askew in
their hands ; the wax guttered down , and the taller of the two girls , with an
uncovered long neck , gazed at me out of big sleepy eyes in a sort of dumb
wonder .
... great mahogany panels at my approach . The candlesticks trembled askew in
their hands ; the wax guttered down , and the taller of the two girls , with an
uncovered long neck , gazed at me out of big sleepy eyes in a sort of dumb
wonder .
Page 142
... its festive patches of color amongst the funereal shadows , with the expectant ,
still figures of priest and nun , servants of passionless eternity , as if immobilized
and made mute by hostile wonder before the perishable triumph of life and love .
... its festive patches of color amongst the funereal shadows , with the expectant ,
still figures of priest and nun , servants of passionless eternity , as if immobilized
and made mute by hostile wonder before the perishable triumph of life and love .
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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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