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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... tells him that " I am nothing to the young man , and he , of course , nothing to me . " The postillion tells his story and turns out to have been the servant of an aristocratic family into whose services the man in black had insinuated ...
... tells him that " I am nothing to the young man , and he , of course , nothing to me . " The postillion tells his story and turns out to have been the servant of an aristocratic family into whose services the man in black had insinuated ...
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... tells is true ? And how much is fiction , for he was certainly a great romanticiser ? The two books bring us to 1825 when Borrow was twenty - two and embarked upon his " veiled period " about which we know very little except that he ...
... tells is true ? And how much is fiction , for he was certainly a great romanticiser ? The two books bring us to 1825 when Borrow was twenty - two and embarked upon his " veiled period " about which we know very little except that he ...
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... tells us , airing his encyclopaedic knowledge of literature as he does so , the playa or beach of Sanlúcar is famous " in the ancient novels of Spain , of that class called Picaresque , or those devoted to the adventures of notorious ...
... tells us , airing his encyclopaedic knowledge of literature as he does so , the playa or beach of Sanlúcar is famous " in the ancient novels of Spain , of that class called Picaresque , or those devoted to the adventures of notorious ...
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Introduction | 1 |
A Huge Ruinous City | 6 |
George Borrow Eccentric | 14 |
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