# Taggart — Lavengro character guide

> Taggart in Lavengro by George Borrow.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Taggart

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

A friend of Lavengro from his London days, involved in literary circles.

## In the story

### [The Publisher's Den](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxx)

The publisher's assistant, who silently works at an account-book and leaves to dishonor a bill.

### [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xli)

A silent, snuff-taking colleague who offers the narrator advice on authorship and the value of snuff.

### [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xliii)

Consulted about Glorious John; takes snuff and suggests the narrator try to see Glorious John.

### [LVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lvi)

Imagined voice of Taggart dismisses the narrator's work as 'a thing merely to be sneezed at.'

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