Lavengro (original 1851; edition 2009)

by George Borrow

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Title:	Lavengro
Authors:	George Borrow
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Lavengro by George Borrow (1851)

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Novel with autobiographical character, written by one of the early great European Travellers

hbergander | Feb 23, 2011 |

Memoir? Fiction? Nobody seems sure. I loved Wild Wales by Borrow, and I'm interested in the person Borrow, but this was very heavy going indeed. Very longwinded. (

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mojacobs | Feb 15, 2011 |

Borrow had a passion for gypsy life. History tells us he was not the most reliable narrator but it still is interesting to read this and his other books. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
George Borrow	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Borrow, George	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Birrell, Augustine	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Freedman, Barnett	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Sullivan, Edmund J.	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Walpole, Hugh	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Lavengro and the Romany Rye by George Borrow

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THE WIND ON THE HEATH - Selections from Lavengro (by the author of The Romany Rye) by George Borrow

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Gypsies appeared in Europe in great numbers in the 15th century. The term "Gypsy" evolved from their claim that they were Egyptian by descent. (It is now believed these itinerant Caucasoid peoples originated in India.) Who they were, what they were like, and how they lived in England are the focal points of George Borrow's 19th-century literary and anthropological classic LAVENGRO.

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