The Life of George Borrow

About this eBook

Author

Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926

Credits

Transcribed from the [1920] J. M. Dent & Sons edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Borrow, George, 1803-1881

Category

Text

eBook-No.

38662

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38662

Release Date

January 24, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The LIFE OF GEORGE BORROW
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.CHAPTER I Captain Borrow of the West Norfolk Militia
5. 5.CHAPTER II Borrow’s Mother
6. 6.CHAPTER III John Thomas Borrow
7. 7.CHAPTER IV A Wandering Childhood
8. 8.CHAPTER V The Gurneys and the Taylors of Norwich
9. 9.CHAPTER VI At the Norwich Grammar School
10. 10.CHAPTER VII In a Lawyer’s Office
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII An Old-Time Publisher
12. 12.CHAPTER IX “Faustus” and “Romantic Ballads”
13. 13.CHAPTER X “Celebrated Trials” and John Thurtell
14. 14.CHAPTER XI Borrow and The Fancy
15. 15.CHAPTER XII Eight Years of Vagabondage
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII Sir John Bowring
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV Borrow and The Bible Society
18. 18.CHAPTER XV St. Petersburg and John P. Hasfeld
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI The Manchu Bible—“Targum”—“The Talisman”
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII Three Visits to Spain
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII Borrow’s Spanish Circle
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX Mary Borrow
23. 23.CHAPTER XX “ The Children of the Open Air ”
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI “ The Bible in Spain ”
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII Richard Ford
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII In Eastern Europe
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV Lavengro
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV A Visit to Cornish Kinsmen
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI In the Isle of Man
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII Oulton Broad and Yarmouth
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII In Scotland and Ireland
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX “the romany rye”
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX Edward Fitzgerald
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI “ Wild Wales ”
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII Life In London , 1860–1874
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII Friends of Later Years
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV Henrietta Clarke
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV The Aftermath — INDEXA — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — U — V — W — Z
39. 39.Footnotes

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