Lavengro : The Scholar; The Gypsy; The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Borrow

"Lavengro: The Scholar; The Gypsy; The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by George Borrow is a work published in 1851 that blends memoir and novel. The protagonist George, son of a militia officer, moves through barrack towns across Britain before becoming a lawyer's apprentice, then a London hack writer, and finally a wandering tinker. Throughout his journey, he encounters and befriends Romany travelers, offering sympathetic portraits of their lives. This autobiographical novel interweaves genuine memoir with fictional episodes, creating an unconventional narrative of nineteenth-century England's margins. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Borrow, George, 1803-1881
Editor Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902
Title Lavengro : The Scholar; The Gypsy; The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavengro
Credits Transcribed from the 1901 Methuen & Co. edition by David Price
Reading Level Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject England -- Fiction
Subject Romanies -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 22877
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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