Lavengro
by Borrow, George
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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Synopsis
Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest is a work by George Borrow, falling somewhere between the genres of memoir and novel, which has long been considered a classic of 19th century English literature. According to the author lav-engro is a Romany word meaning "word master". The historian G. M. Trevelyan called it "a book that breathes the spirit of that period of strong and eccentric characters".
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- Bookmarc's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EC5169BB
- Title
- Lavengro
- Author
- Borrow, George
- Illustrator
- Brett, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- CLASSICS LITERATURE FICTION RIVERSIDE BOOKSHELF FIRST EDITION
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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