The Romany Rye by George Borrow
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"The Romany Rye" by George Borrow is a novel written in 1857 as a sequel to Lavengro. This philosophical adventure follows a learned young man living among the Romani people, encountering eccentric characters and exploring Gypsy customs. The protagonist acquires a horse from his Romani friend Jasper Petulengro and journeys to the Horncastle horse fair. The story concludes with a linguistic revelation about connections between Romani and Northern Indian languages, prompting dreams
of distant travel. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Borrow, George, 1803-1881 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Romany Rye |
| Note |
Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #21206 (Plain HTML file) #25071 (Plain HTML file) #422 (Plain HTML file) #54048 (Illustrated HTML file) |
| Note | Sequel to Lavengro |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Romany_Rye |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1907 J. M. Dent Edition by David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Romanies -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 422 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-00422-8 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 1996 |
| Last Update | Aug 9, 2019 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 960 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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