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Lavengro; the scholar, the gypsy, the priest. In three volumes
by Borrow, George
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1851. First ediiton, 8vo, 3 volumes, engraved portrait frontispiece in volume I; original ribbed green cloth, paper labels on spines; a very good, sound set. Borrow's most controversial work which gained him innumerable critics and enemies. Autobiographical in content (although he denied it), Lavengro was a vitriolic attack on Roman Catholicism in England, as well as a brilliant series of character studies and observations on life in the mid-19th century. Ashley Library I, p. 44; Sterling I, 58; Wise, Borrow, 11; Wolff 598.
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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- Rulon-Miller Books
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- Title
- Lavengro; the scholar, the gypsy, the priest. In three volumes
- Author
- Borrow, George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1851
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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