In the Footsteps of George Borrow: A Journey Through Spain and PortugalSignal Books, 2007 - 326 páginas George Borrow - brilliant linguist, expert on gypsy culture and author of Wild Wales (1862) - remains an enigmatic character whose fiction and travel writing mix autobiography and invention. From 1835 to 1840, he worked as an agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society, attempting to distribute Protestant Testaments in fiercely Catholic Spain. The outcome of this controversial and risky enterprise is The Bible in Spain, an account of his wanderings published in 1843. In the Footsteps of George Borrow brings to life the scenery and culture of Spain as well as the complex personality of the man who described it in the 1830s. In the course of his travels, Guy Arnold considers Borrow's ambiguous religious beliefs, his avowed taste for the social lowlife and his mysterious liaison with a widow from Norfolk. He also compares modern Spain with that of Borrow's time and finds - civil war and brigandage apart - that much remains surprisingly the same. |
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... centre of Estremoz consists of a huge square . Borrow says he took up his quarters in the principal inn , " which looks upon a large plain or market - place occupying the centre of the town , and which is so extensive that I should ...
... centre of Estremoz consists of a huge square . Borrow says he took up his quarters in the principal inn , " which looks upon a large plain or market - place occupying the centre of the town , and which is so extensive that I should ...
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... centre , the old centre of La Linea . The man was an idler , a passer of time for whom time meant little . He was leaning against a wall watching the fruit stalls in a detached sort of way , which clearly implied that whether or not ...
... centre , the old centre of La Linea . The man was an idler , a passer of time for whom time meant little . He was leaning against a wall watching the fruit stalls in a detached sort of way , which clearly implied that whether or not ...
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... centre of the square was taken up with tables belonging to these four establishments and they gradually filled up as the evening progressed . There was a sort of dilapidation about that square - half the lamps in the centre did not work ...
... centre of the square was taken up with tables belonging to these four establishments and they gradually filled up as the evening progressed . There was a sort of dilapidation about that square - half the lamps in the centre did not work ...
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
A Huge Ruinous City | 6 |
George Borrow Eccentric | 14 |
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