The Romany Rye
by George Borrow
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The Romany Rye is a fictional, yet highly autobiographical novel by George Borrow, which follows his novel Lavengro. It is a philosophical adventure story about a young man who falls in with a band of gypsies..
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This Borrow novel begins suddenly and ends suddenly. Since I've never read [b:Lavengro|10288895|Lavengro|George Borrow|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327806683s/10288895.jpg|719782], the first autobiographical account of the author's experience with the English Romani, I found myself trying to play catch-up (they really should be read one after the other). However, the journey is interesting, as he introduces characters with an empathy for the nomadic gypsy.
George Borrow led quite a life, one of travel and language. Along with publishing a dictionary of Anglo-Romany, he also did a Manchu translation of the bible. A true character, very eccentric.
Book Season = Autumn (caravans in the mud)
George Borrow led quite a life, one of travel and language. Along with publishing a dictionary of Anglo-Romany, he also did a Manchu translation of the bible. A true character, very eccentric.
Book Season = Autumn (caravans in the mud)
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Borrow was employed by the (Protestant) Bible Society to distribute bibles in Catholic Spain in 1835. He encountered much opposition and was on one occasion imprisoned for three weeks. The famous account of his experience has little to do with the Bible and much to do with the people, land, and perils of his journey. Borrow is as racy in his show more descriptions of places as of people. Lavengro (1851) and its sequel, The Romany Rye (1857), are like novels in their interest and excitement. They are stories of gypsies, rich in gypsy lore, superstitions, and customs. Borrow spent many years in close association with Spanish gypsies and translated the Gospel of St. Luke into their language. His linguistic abilities were remarkable; he gives much space to word derivations, particularly in Lavengro. His books abound in pugnacious passages; his attacks on Sir Walter Scott (see Vol. 1), on prizefighters, and on "papists" are indicative of some of his sharp prejudices. He wrote marvelously, however, and those who admire him are devotees for life. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1857
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 42
- ASINs
- 26
