Lavengro
Summary

"Lavengro" was a name applied to George Borrow himself as a youth by Ambrose Smith. It means, in gypsy language, 'philologist'. Like many other travel books of its time it is partially autobiographical and of a confessional nature although in this respect its mixture of fact and fiction is predictably somewhat self-glamorising. In fact, Lavengro is set up as the tale of Borrow's own life of wandering (he visited France, Spain, Russia and the East among others studying their languages as he went). Here, as the son of a soldier, he travels through England, Scotland and Ireland experiencing strange and diverse places and befriending such people as gypsies and tinkers. His adventures lead him to murderers and thieves and to fighting while Borrow always reminds us of his beloved comparative study of languages. However, it is of note that doubt has been cast upon some of his scholarship in this respect and he liked to exaggerate somewhat - though presumably only in pursuit of an exciting story.

Table of contents
Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100

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