The Romany Rye : A sequel to "Lavengro"
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Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #21206 (Plain HTML file) #25071 (Plain HTML file) #422 (Plain HTML file) #54048 (Illustrated HTML file) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Romany_Rye Release date is 2017-01-24
Transcribed from the 1907 John Murray edition by David Price Transcribed from the 1907 John Murray edition by David Price
"The Romany Rye" by George Borrow is a novel written in 1857 as a sequel to "Lavengro." This philosophical adventure follows a learned young man living among the Romani people, encountering eccentric characters and documenting Romani customs along his journey. The protagonist acquires a valuable horse from his Romani friend Jasper Petulengro and travels to the Horncastle horse fair. The story culminates in a linguistic revelation about the Romani language's connection to Northern Indian languages, inspiring dreams of distant travel. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
England -- Fiction Adventure stories Romanies -- Fiction