George Borrow: The Man and His Books
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The work now offered to the public, and which is styled "The Bible in Spain," consists of a narrative of what occurred to me during a residence in that country, to which I was sent by the Bible Society, as its agent, for the purpose of printing and circulating the Scriptures. It comprehends , however, certain journeys and adventures in Portugal, and leaves me at last in "the land of the Corahai," to which region, after having undergone considerable buffeting in Spain, I found it expedient to retire for a season. It is very probable that had I visited Spain from mere curiosity, or with a view o...
Chapters (439)
- GEORGE BORROW THE MAN AND HIS BOOKS
- NOTE
- DEDICATION TO E. S. P. HAYNES
- CHAPTER I—BORROW’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- CHAPTER II—HIS OWN HERO
- CHAPTER III—PRESENTING THE TRUTH
- CHAPTER IV—WHAT IS TRUTH?
- CHAPTER V—HIS PREDECESSORS
- CHAPTER VI—THE BIOGRAPHER’S MATERIAL
- CHAPTER VII—PORTRAITS OF THE ARTIST
- CHAPTER VIII—CHILDHOOD
- CHAPTER IX—SCHOOLDAYS
- CHAPTER X—LEAVING SCHOOL
- CHAPTER XI—LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES
- CHAPTER XII—LONDON
- CHAPTER XIII—“JOSEPH SELL”
- CHAPTER XIV—OUT OF LONDON
- CHAPTER XV—AN EARLY PORTRAIT
- CHAPTER XVI—THE VEILED PERIOD
- CHAPTER XVII—THE BIBLE SOCIETY: RUSSIA
- CHAPTER XVIII—THE BIBLE SOCIETY: SPAIN
- CHAPTER XIX—“THE ZINCALI”
- CHAPTER XX—“THE BIBLE IN SPAIN”
- CHAPTER XXI—“THE BIBLE IN SPAIN”: THE CHARACTERS
- CHAPTER XXII—“THE BIBLE IN SPAIN”: STYLE
- CHAPTER XXIII—BETWEEN THE ACTS
- CHAPTER XXIV—“LAVENGRO” AND “THE ROMANY RYE”
- CHAPTER XXV—“LAVENGRO” AND “THE ROMANY RYE”: THE CHARACTERS
- CHAPTER XXVI—“LAVENGRO” AND “THE ROMANY RYE”: THE STYLE
- CHAPTER XXVII—BORROW AND LOW LIFE
- CHAPTER XXVIII—WALKING TOURS
- CHAPTER XXIX—“WILD WALES”
- CHAPTER XXX—“WILD WALES” (continued)
- CHAPTER XXXI—“WILD WALES”: STYLE
- CHAPTER XXXII—“ROMANO LAVO-LIL”
- CHAPTER XXXIII—LAST YEARS
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE BORROW
- 1823
- 1824
- 1825.
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- 1828-9.
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- INDEX
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