Lex

Browse

GenresShelvesPremiumBlog

Company

AboutJobsPartnersSell on LexAffiliates

Resources

DocsInvite FriendsSupport

Legal

Terms of ServicePrivacy Policygeneral@lex-books.com(215) 703-8277

© 2026 LexBooks, Inc. All rights reserved.

Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

George Borrow

Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

George Borrow

Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest is a semi-autobiographical narrative by George Borrow, published in 1851. The book chronicles Borrow's experiences as a self-taught linguist and traveler in early 19th-century England, Scotland, and Ireland. It blends autobiography, fantasy, and anti-Catholic themes as Borrow navigates his passion for languages and literature while grappling with existential challenges. The title 'Lavengro' means 'word master' in the Romani language, reflecting Borrow's deep connection to language and culture.

LibriVox

This unusual narrative by eccentric self-taught English linguist, traveller and one-time bible salesman George Borrow co...

X-Ray

Book cover
Audiobook
Human narrated
Human
P

Read by

Peter Dann

21h 48m

More books from this author

George Borrow
George Borrow
1803-1881

English writer known for his novels and travel narratives about the Romani people.

Lavengro

George Borrow

Lavengro

The Bible inSpain, Vol.1 [Of 2]Or,The...

George Borrow

RomanoLavo-Lil:Word Book ofthe Roman...

George Borrow

Romano Lavo-Lil: Word Book of the Romany; Or, English Gypsy Language: With Specimens of Gypsy Poetry, and an Account of Certain Gypsyries or Places Inhabited by Them, and of Various Things Relating to Gypsy Life in England

The Bible inSpain, Vol.2 [Of 2]Or,The...

George Borrow

Wild Wales:Its People,Language andScenery

George Borrow

Wild Wales:The People,Language, &Scenery

George Borrow

The Bible inSpain: Or,theJourneys,...

George Borrow

The Zincali:An Accountof theGypsies o...

George Borrow

The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain

Letters ofGeorgeBorrow tothe Briti...

George Borrow

Lavengro:The Scholar- the Gypsy- the Priest

George Borrow

The RomanyRye

1857

George Borrow

Targum: OrMetricalTranslationsfrom Thir...

George Borrow

Tales of theWild and theWonderful[1825]

George Borrow

Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful [1825]

Tales of theWild and theWonderful[1867]

George Borrow

The RomanyRye: ASequel to"lavengro

George Borrow

Grimhild'sVengeance:ThreeBallads

George Borrow

The RomanyRye: ASequel to'Lavengro

George Borrow

Lavengro:The Scholar;the Gypsy;the Pries...

George Borrow

The Fountainof Maribo,and OtherBallads

George Borrow

The Fountain of Maribo, and Other Ballads

IsopelBerners: TheHistory ofCertain...

George Borrow

The PocketGeorgeBorrow:Passages...

George Borrow

The Giant ofBern and OrmUngerswayne:A Ballad

George Borrow

The Welshand TheirLiterature...the Londo...

George Borrow

The VernerRaven, theCount ofVendel's...

George Borrow

TheMermaid'sProphecy,and Other...

George Borrow

Letters toHis Mother,Ann Borrow,and Other...

George Borrow

Signelil, aTale fromthe Cornish,and Other...

George Borrow

The Tale ofBrynild, andKingValdemar ...

George Borrow

The Story ofYvashka withthe Bear'sEar

George Borrow

The Songs ofRanild

George Borrow

Lavengro:The Scholar;the Gypsy;the Pries...

George Borrow

ASupplement...Chapter tothe Bible...

George Borrow

A Supplementary Chapter to the Bible in Spain

The King'sWake, andOtherBallads

George Borrow

The DalbyBear, andOtherBallads

George Borrow

The SerpentKnight, andOtherBallads

George Borrow

TheTalisman,from theRussian o...

George Borrow

YoungSwaigder;Or, TheForce of...

George Borrow

Letters toHis WifeMary Borrow

George Borrow

Tord ofHafsborough,and OtherBallads

George Borrow

The Song ofDeirdra,King Byrgeand His...

George Borrow

More books like this

right arrow

Frankenste...Or, theModernPrometheus

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus

Moby Dick;Or, theWhale

1851

Herman Melville

Moby Dick; Or, the Whale

Pride andPrejudice

1813

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

The King inYellow

Robert W. Chambers

Romeo andJuliet

1597

William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

The StrangeCase of Dr.Jekyll andMr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Alice'sAdventuresinWonderland

Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The CompleteWorks ofWilliamShakespeare

William Shakespeare

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Middlemarch

1871

George Eliot

Middlemarch

A Room witha View

1908

E. M. Forster

A Room with a View

The ScarletLetter

1850

Nathaniel Hawthorne

LittleWomen; Or,Meg, Jo,Beth, and...

Louisa May Alcott

Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

Dracula

1897

Bram Stoker

Dracula

The BlueCastle: ANovel

1926

L. M. Montgomery

The Blue Castle: A Novel

Crime andPunishment

1866

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Crime and Punishment

Jane Eyre:AnAutobiogra...

1847

Charlotte Brontë