Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest by George Borrow
"Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest" by George Borrow is a work published in 1851 that blends memoir and novel. Following a protagonist named George from his childhood in military barrack towns through various occupations—lawyer's apprentice, London hack writer, and traveling tinker—the book offers vivid portraits of Romany travelers and English low-life. Neither entirely autobiography nor pure fiction, this classic of 19th-century literature captures an era of strong, eccentric characters through
episodes that interweave genuine experience with imaginative storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Borrow, George, 1803-1881 |
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| Illustrator | Sullivan, Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph), 1869-1933 |
| Title | Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavengro |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1914 T. N. Foulis 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 |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 30792 |
| Release Date | Dec 28, 2009 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 551 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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