Borrow, George
"Lavengro: The Scholar; The Gypsy; The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2)" by George Borrow is a work published in 1851 that blends memoir and novel. It follows George, son of a militia officer, through barrack towns across Britain and Ireland. After apprenticing as a lawyer, he becomes a London hack writer, observing the city's underworld, then takes to the road as a tinker. Throughout his journey, he encounters Romany travellers, creating vivid portraits of their lives and culture in this unconventional nineteenth-century classic. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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