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The Romany Rye

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Original author: George Borrow

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"The Romany Rye" by George Borrow is a novel written in 1857 as a sequel to Lavengro. This philosophical adventure follows a learned young man living among the Romani people, encountering eccentric characters and exploring Gypsy customs. The protagonist acquires a horse from his Romani friend Jasper Petulengro and journeys to the Horncastle horse fair. The story concludes with a linguistic revelation about connections between Romani and Northern Indian languages, prompting dreams of distant travel.

The Romany Rye, by George Borrow. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #422.

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58 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I1,603 words
  2. 2.Chapter II1,635 words
  3. 3.Chapter III2,792 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV4,869 words
  5. 5.Chapter V1,555 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI3,697 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII2,624 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII2,061 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX2,073 words
  10. 10.Chapter X4,285 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI2,598 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII3,776 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII938 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV2,250 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV1,586 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI2,887 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII3,292 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII1,636 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIX2,193 words
  20. 20.Chapter XX575 words
  21. 21.Chapter XXI3,302 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXII1,994 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXIII1,567 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIV2,170 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXV2,101 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXVI3,436 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXVII2,217 words
  28. 28.Chapter XXVIII3,152 words
  29. 29.Chapter XXIX2,283 words
  1. 30.Chapter XXX1,520 words
  2. 31.Chapter XXXI2,682 words
  3. 32.Chapter XXXII2,203 words
  4. 33.Chapter XXXIII4,541 words
  5. 34.Chapter XXXIV3,319 words
  6. 35.Chapter XXXV645 words
  7. 36.Chapter XXXVI1,329 words
  8. 37.Chapter XXXVII: Horncastle Fair3,440 words
  9. 38.Chapter XXXVIII: High Dutch793 words
  10. 39.Chapter XXXIX: The Hungarian6,043 words
  11. 40.Chapter XL2,152 words
  12. 41.Chapter XLI6,552 words
  13. 42.Chapter XLII7,243 words
  14. 43.Chapter XLIII: The Church1,192 words
  15. 44.Chapter XLIV: An Old Acquaintance3,068 words
  16. 45.Chapter XLV: Murtagh's Tale3,096 words
  17. 46.Chapter XLVI4,782 words
  18. 47.Chapter XLVII420 words
  19. 48.Chapter I: A Word for Lavengro3,501 words
  20. 49.Chapter II: On Priestcraft2,911 words
  21. 50.Chapter III: On Foreign Nonsense1,104 words
  22. 51.Chapter IV: On Gentility Nonsense--Illustrations of Gentility1,040 words
  23. 52.Chapter V: Subject of Gentility continued4,902 words
  24. 53.Chapter VI: On Scotch Gentility-Nonsense--Charlie o'er the Waterism2,955 words
  25. 54.Chapter VII: Same Subject continued2,234 words
  26. 55.Chapter VIII: On Canting Nonsense3,543 words
  27. 56.Chapter IX: Pseudo-Critics3,467 words
  28. 57.Chapter X: Pseudo-Radicals2,591 words
  29. 58.Chapter XI: The Old Radical4,898 words