# Brother — Lavengro character guide

> Brother in Lavengro by George Borrow.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Brother

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

A term used for a religious or fraternal figure.

## Relationships

### [Jasper Petulengro](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/characters/jasper_petulengro)

_social_

The Brother and Jasper Petulengro interact frequently, likely as mutual acquaintances through Lavengro.

### [Ursula](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/characters/ursula)

_social_

The Brother and Ursula have a cordial acquaintance, likely meeting through Lavengro's Romani connections.

### [Jasper Petulengro](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/characters/jasper_petulengro)

_social_

The Brother and Jasper Petulengro interact frequently, likely as mutual acquaintances through Lavengro.

### [Ursula](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/characters/ursula)

_social_

The Brother and Ursula have a cordial acquaintance, likely meeting through Lavengro's Romani connections.

### [Jasper Petulengro](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/characters/jasper_petulengro)

_social_

The Brother and Jasper Petulengro interact frequently, likely as mutual acquaintances through Lavengro.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/ii)

The narrator's brother, who screamed in terror when the narrator picked up a viper, and later helped lift the giant skull at Hythe.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xi)

The narrator's brother, an officer, is sent on detachment to a village with a party of soldiers, leaving the narrator alone.

### [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xii)

The narrator's brother, a soldier stationed at a detachment, who recounts his life at the barracks, his acquaintances, and the story of Sergeant Bagg's encounter with Jerry Grant.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xiv)

Mentioned as the narrator's elder brother, whom the father compares to the narrator.

### [Chapter XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxvii)

Absent for three years; last letter from Paris mentioned copying a painting for a Hungarian nobleman; his absence preys on the father's mind.

### [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxviii)

The narrator's brother, who returns home pale and unwell, and rushes to their father's side.

### [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxvii)

The narrator's brother, a painter who comes to London to hire the painter of Lazarus for the mayor's portrait.

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