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. The protagonist George, son of a militia officer, grows up in barrack towns across Britain and Ireland. His journey takes him from lawyer's apprentice to London hack writer to wandering tinker, encountering Romany travelers along the way. This classic of 19th-century English literature offers vivid portraits of outcasts and adventurers on
the margins of Victorian society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Borrow, George, 1803-1881 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Knapp, William I. (William Ireland), 1835-1908 |
| Title | Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavengro |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1911 John Murray edition, by David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.8 (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. | 23287 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2007 |
| Last Update | Mar 16, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 568 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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