George Borrow

About this eBook

Author

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Title

George Borrow: The Man and His Books

Credits

Transcribed from the 1912 Chapman & Hall edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Borrow, George, 1803-1881

Category

Text

eBook-No.

18588

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18588

Release Date

June 14, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GEORGE BORROW THE MAN AND HIS BOOKS
2. 2.NOTE
3. 3.DEDICATION TO E. S. P. HAYNES
4. 4.CHAPTER I—BORROW’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
5. 5.CHAPTER II—HIS OWN HERO
6. 6.CHAPTER III—PRESENTING THE TRUTH
7. 7.CHAPTER IV—WHAT IS TRUTH?
8. 8.CHAPTER V—HIS PREDECESSORS
9. 9.CHAPTER VI—THE BIOGRAPHER’S MATERIAL
10. 10.CHAPTER VII—PORTRAITS OF THE ARTIST
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII—CHILDHOOD
12. 12.CHAPTER IX—SCHOOLDAYS
13. 13.CHAPTER X—LEAVING SCHOOL
14. 14.CHAPTER XI—LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES
15. 15.CHAPTER XII—LONDON
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII—“JOSEPH SELL”
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV—OUT OF LONDON
18. 18.CHAPTER XV—AN EARLY PORTRAIT
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI—THE VEILED PERIOD
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII—THE BIBLE SOCIETY: RUSSIA
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII—THE BIBLE SOCIETY: SPAIN
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX—“THE ZINCALI”
23. 23.CHAPTER XX—“THE BIBLE IN SPAIN”
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI—“THE BIBLE IN SPAIN”: THE CHARACTERS
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII—“THE BIBLE IN SPAIN”: STYLE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII—BETWEEN THE ACTS
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV—“LAVENGRO” AND “THE ROMANY RYE”
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV—“LAVENGRO” AND “THE ROMANY RYE”: THE CHARACTERS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI—“LAVENGRO” AND “THE ROMANY RYE”: THE STYLE
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII—BORROW AND LOW LIFE
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII—WALKING TOURS
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX—“WILD WALES”
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX—“WILD WALES” ( continued )
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI—“WILD WALES”: STYLE
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII—“ROMANO LAVO-LIL”
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII—LAST YEARS
37. 37.CONCLUSION
38. 38.BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE BORROW — 1823 — 1824 — 1825. — 1826. — 1828-9. — 1830. — 1832. — 1833. — 1835. — 1836. — 1837. — 1838. — 1841. — 1842. — 1843. — 1851. — 1852. — 1857. — 1859. — 1860. — 1861. — 1862. — 1863. — 1872. — 1874. — 1876. — 1877. — 1880. — 1881. — 1882. — 1883. — 1884. — 1885. — 1886. — 1887. — 1888. — 1889. — 1890. — 1891. — 1892. — 1893. — 1894. — 1895. — 1896. — 1899. — 1900. — 1901. — 1902. — 1903. — 1904. — 1905. — 1906. — 1907. — 1908. — 1909. — 1910. — 1911. — 1912.
39. 39.INDEX
40. 40.Footnotes:

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