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Borrow's "off-hand, free-and-easy" encounters with a wide range of colourful characters he seems frequently to be pursuing an object at variance with "one that could be contemplated by a Bible
Society's agent". Borrow's account in the book (Chapters 51â57) of his unscheduled expedition to
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narrative with "life-like" dialogue that "can hardly be over-praised"; the effect is not marred by the many insertions of untranslated
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enthusiasm, as well as the romantic image of Spain; whereas its continuing interest at the present time arises more from its powerful portrayal of a diversity of people, places and incidents.
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