{"product_id":"2026770000696-secondhand-lavengro","title":"Lavengro","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Binding - cracked. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of Victorian literature that defies easy classification, Lavengro chronicles the wandering life of a young man — a thinly veiled portrait of its author — who roams the roads of early nineteenth-century England, Wales, and Scotland, forging unlikely friendships with gypsies, tinkers, scholars, and street fighters. Part autobiography, part picaresque novel, and part linguistic adventure, the narrative presents a vivid tapestry of British life on the margins, rendered with a sharp eye for character and an infectious love of language. The protagonist's obsession with words and tongues — earning him the Romani title Lavengro, meaning word master — gives the work its intellectual spine, as encounters with the open road become meditations on identity, freedom, and the power of speech. Written in a tone that is at once robust and lyrical, the prose carries a restless, adventurous energy that sets it apart from the drawing-room fiction of its era. Lavengro stands as a singular achievement in English letters, beloved by readers who prize authenticity, eccentricity, and the romance of the wandering life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887927079131,"sku":"2026770000696-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/54143cc2-1d9c-4773-bde5-4d802199b8ca.png?v=1781749668","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770000696-secondhand-lavengro","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}