# Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

By George Borrow.

"Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest" by George Borrow is a work published in 1851 that blends memoir and novel. Following a protagonist named George from his childhood in military barrack towns through various occupations—lawyer's apprentice, London hack writer, and traveling tinker—the book offers vivid portraits of Romany travelers and English low-life. Neither entirely autobiography nor pure fiction, this classic of 19th-century literature captures an era of strong, eccentric characters through episodes that interweave genuine experience with imaginative storytelling. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Illustrator: Edmund J. Sullivan
- Subjects: England -- Fiction; Romanies -- Fiction

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