Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by George Borrow
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"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 military barracks to London's underworld to life as a wandering tinker, the book offers vivid portraits of Romany travelers and English society's margins. Initially puzzling critics with its mixture of fact and fiction, this unconventional narrative later became a celebrated classic of nineteenth-century English literature,
praised for its portrayal of eccentric characters and adventurous spirit. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Borrow, George, 1803-1881 |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933 |
| 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 1900 Macmillian and Co. Edition by David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.7 (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. | 452 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 1996 |
| Last Update | Sep 15, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 754 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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