Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest
by Borrow, George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, United States
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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
- Monroe Bridge Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004525
- Title
- Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest
- Author
- Borrow, George
- Illustrator
- Sullivan, Edmund J.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Illustrated Edition
- Publisher
- Peter Davies Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Fiction British Isles
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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