# Lavengro

By George Borrow.

"Lavengro: The Scholar; The Gypsy; The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by George Borrow is a work published in 1851 that blends memoir and novel. The protagonist George, son of a militia officer, moves through barrack towns across Britain before becoming a lawyer's apprentice, then a London hack writer, and finally a wandering tinker. Throughout his journey, he encounters and befriends Romany travelers, offering sympathetic portraits of their lives. This autobiographical novel interweaves genuine memoir with fictional episodes, creating an unconventional narrative of nineteenth-century England's margins. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Editor: Francis Hindes Groome
- Subjects: England -- Fiction; Romanies -- Fiction

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