First published in 1851, George Borrow’s Lavengro is part picaresque novel, part memoir and wholly unlike anything else in Victorian literature. Following the adventures of a young philologist through a world of tinkers, prize-fighters and wandering Romany people, Borrow’s narrative is a vivid, fiercely individual portrait of 19th-century England seen from its margins.
Alongside the original text, this annotated edition of Lavengro includes (among other essays):
A detailed history of the R...
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