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

"Lavengro: The Scholar; The Gypsy; The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2)" by George Borrow is a work published in 1851 that blends memoir and novel. It follows George, son of a militia officer, through barrack towns across Britain and Ireland. After apprenticing as a lawyer, he becomes a London hack writer, observing the city's underworld, then takes to the road as a tinker. Throughout his journey, he encounters Romany travellers, creating vivid portraits of their lives and culture in this unconventional nineteenth-century classic. (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. 2 (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: 72.7 (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. 22878
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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