Author:George Henry Borrow

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George Henry Borrow
(1803–1881)

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English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his experiences traveling around Europe

Works

Celebrated Trials (1825) (Incomplete; no index or source)
The Zincali (1841)
The Bible in Spain (1843)
Lavengro (1851) (no index; PG copy)
The Romany Rye (1857 (No index; PG copy)
Wild Wales (1862)
Romano Lavo-lil (1874)

Translations

"Brown William" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862), from a Manx ballad
"Mollie Charane" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862), from a Manx ballad
"Emelian the Fool" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862), from a Russian folktale
"The Story of Yvashka with the Bear's Ear" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862), from a Russian folktale
"Harald Harfagr" in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862), a translation of the 9th-century skaldic poem Hrafnsmál, usually attributed to Þorbjörn Hornklofi
"The Story of Tim" in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862), from a Russian folktale
"The Count of Vendel's Daughter" in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863), from the old Danish ballad "Grevens Datter af Vendel" as published by Anders Sørensen Vedel in the Hundredvisebogen (1591).
"The Hail-storm; or, The Death of Bui" in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863), a translation of the Hákonardrápa by Tindr Hallkelsson circa A.D. 1000

Works about Borrow

"Borrow, George," in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Borrow, George," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Borrow, George Henry," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
The Life of George Borrow (1912) by Herbert Jenkins

Works by this author published before January 1, 1924 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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