The Romany Rye (Annotated)

The Romany Rye continues the semi-autobiographical wanderings begun in Lavengro, following Borrow's learned, restless narrator through roadsides, fairs, inns, and encampments where English society meets its margins. Part picaresque travel narrative, part linguistic memoir, and part eccentric spiritual autobiography, the book mingles vivid dialogue, Romany lore, horse-dealing, theological controver...