Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Borrow, George (1803–1881).
Catalogue synopsis
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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.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
- Author credits: Borrow, George (1803–1881)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- England -- Fiction
- Romanies -- Fiction
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- Category: Biographies
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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