Lavengro; The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest
by Borrow, George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest is a work by George Borrow, falling somewhere between the genres of memoir and novel, which has long been considered a classic of 19th century English literature. According to the author lav-engro is a Romany word meaning "word master". The historian G. M. Trevelyan called it "a book that breathes the spirit of that period of strong and eccentric characters".
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- Bookseller
- Andmeister Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7800
- Title
- Lavengro; The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest
- Author
- Borrow, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1851
- Size
- 190mm Tall, 12mo
- Keywords
- Romanies, gypsies,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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