# Lavengro — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Lavengro by George Borrow.

- [Part I: Lavengro; The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/part-i-lavengro-the-scholar-the-gypsy-the-priest.md): The narrator introduces himself as Lavengro, a word meaning 'philologist' in the language of the gypsies, and sets the stage for his encounters with a scholar, a gypsy, and a priest. The chapter establishes his identity 
- [Advertisement (1851)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/advertisement-1851.md): The author states that the work was planned in 1842 and all characters sketched before the end of 1843, to avoid the impression that it was written expressly for the present times. The contents, except the Preface, have 
- [Preface to the First Edition (1851)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/preface-to-the-first-edition-1851.md): The author introduces his work as a dream of study and adventure set in the British Islands during the first quarter of the 19th century. He describes the three principal characters—a Scholar, a Gypsy, and a Priest—and c
- [Preface to the Second Edition (1872)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/preface-to-the-second-edition-1872.md): In this preface, the author reflects on the hostile reception of 'Lavengro' upon its first publication over twenty-one years ago, noting that while it was knocked down by critics—especially friends of Popery in England—i
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/i.md): The narrator introduces his birth in East D—, East Anglia, and his Cornish gentillâtre lineage. He contrasts his melancholy, solitary nature with his brother's cheerful brilliance, using an Alpine lake and river as emble

> 163 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=lavengro_se_1337kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [The Awakening of the Mind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [The Sap-engro and the Gypsy Encounter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/v.md)
- [The Haunted Stream and the Latin Grammar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Cards and the Irish Lesson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [The Horse Fair and the Gypsy Encounter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [The Gypsy Tent and the King's Discourse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [Chapter XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [The Wake of Freya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [The Elder Brother's Departure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [The Days of Pugilism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [Chapter XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [The Publisher's Den](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)
- [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxiv.md)
- [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxv.md)
- [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxvi.md)
- [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxvii.md)
- [The Painter of the Heroic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxviii.md)
- [Chapter XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxix.md)
- [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xl.md)
- [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xli.md)
- [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlii.md)
- [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xliii.md)
- [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xliv.md)
- [XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlv.md)
- [XLVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlvi.md)
- [XLVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlvii.md)
- [XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlviii.md)
- [The Armenian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlix.md)
- [The Fulfillment of the Armenian's Wish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/l.md)
- [LI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/li.md)
- [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lii.md)
- [LIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/liii.md)
- [The Rommany Rye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/liv.md)
- [Chapter LV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lv.md)
- [LVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lvi.md)
- [The Manuscript Accepted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lvii.md)
- [LVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lviii.md)
- [LIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lix.md)
- [Stonehenge at Dawn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lx.md)
- [LXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxi.md)
- [LXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxii.md)
- [LXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxiii.md)
- [LXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxiv.md)
- [The Landlord's Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxv.md)
- [The Author's Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxvi.md)
- [LXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxvii.md)
- [LXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxviii.md)
- [The Dark Lane and the First Night Alone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxix.md)
- [The Gypsy Girl's Visit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxx.md)
- [LXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxi.md)
- [LXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxii.md)
- [The Sabbath Day with Peter and Winifred](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxiii.md)
- [LXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxiv.md)
- [The Unpardonable Sin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxv.md)
- [The Landlord's Tale: Despair and Deliverance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxvi.md)
- [Chapter LXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxvii.md)
- [LXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxviii.md)
- [LXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxix.md)
- [The Border Crossing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxx.md)
- [LXXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxxi.md)
- [LXXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxxii.md)
- [The Forge in the Dingle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxxiii.md)
- [LXXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxxiv.md)
- [LXXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxxv.md)
- [LXXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxxvi.md)
- [LXXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxxvii.md)
- [LXXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxxviii.md)
- [LXXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxxix.md)
- [XC](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xc.md)
- [XCI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xci.md)
- [The Landlord's Desperate Scheme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xcii.md)
- [XCIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xciii.md)
- [XCIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xciv.md)
- [XCV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xcv.md)
- [XCVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xcvi.md)
- [XCVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xcvii.md)
- [XCVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xcviii.md)
- [XCIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xcix.md)
- [The Servant's Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/c.md)
- [The Editor’s Postscript](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/the-editor-s-postscript.md)
- [Part II: The Romany Rye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/part-ii-the-romany-rye.md)
- [Advertisement (1857)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/advertisement-1857.md)
- [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [The Cuckoo and the Romany Chal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Ursula's Virtue and the Gypsy's Temptations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [The Fair and the Departure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [The Landlord's Reversal of Fortune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [The Purchase of the Horse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [The Spirit of Youth and the Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)
- [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxiv.md)
- [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxv.md)
- [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxvi.md)
- [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxvii.md)
- [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxviii.md)
- [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxix.md)
- [The Toast to the Romany Rye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xl.md)
- [The Jockey's Tale of Crime and Kinship](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xli.md)
- [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlii.md)
- [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xliii.md)
- [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xliv.md)
- [Murtagh's Tale of Cards and Clergy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlv.md)
- [XLVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlvi.md)
- [XLVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlvii.md)
- [Part III: Appendix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/part-iii-appendix.md)
- [A Word for Lavengro](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/i-a-word-for-lavengro.md)
- [On Priestcraft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/ii-on-priestcraft.md)
- [On Foreign Nonsense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/iii-on-foreign-nonsense.md)
- [On Gentility Nonsense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/iv-on-gentility-nonsense.md)
- [Subject of Gentility Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/v-subject-of-gentility-continued.md)
- [On Scotch Gentility Nonsense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/vi-on-scotch-gentility-nonsense.md)
- [VII: Same Subject Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/vii-same-subject-continued.md)
- [On Canting Nonsense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/viii-on-canting-nonsense.md)
- [Pseudo-Critics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/ix-pseudo-critics.md)
- [Pseudo-Radicals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/x-pseudo-radicals.md)
- [The Old Radical](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xi-the-old-radical.md)
- [Complete List of English Gypsy Words Scattered Through Lavengro and Romany Rye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/complete-list-of-english-gypsy-words-scattered-through-lavengro-and-romany-rye.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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