The Romany Rye / A sequel to "Lavengro"

The narrator continues his semi-autobiographical wanderings through rural England, recording encounters with Romani families, fairground life, and a string of eccentric figures. Episodes alternate travel scenes, market and fair descriptions, and embedded tales told by Gypsies, jockeys, and innkeepers, with recurring reflections on language, superstition, religion, and social manners. A personal thread follows an ill-fated attachment to Isopel Berners, whose departure to America prompts disappointment and altered plans. The tone mixes travelogue, anecdote, and folkloric storytelling, often pausing for practical advice about horses and journeys and for set-piece character sketches that illuminate marginalized itinerant communities.