Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
"Barry Lyndon" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a picaresque novel first published in 1844. An Irish gentleman schemes his way toward English aristocracy through a life of duels, military service, gambling, and seduction. Narrated by the unreliable Barry himself, the story follows his relentless pursuit of wealth and status across war-torn Europe. From fraudulent courtships to strategic marriages, Barry's fortunes rise and fall as ambition collides with fate, leading to a reckoning
that strips away his carefully constructed identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 |
|---|---|
| Title | Barry Lyndon |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Luck_of_Barry_Lyndon |
| Credits |
Produced by Steve Harris, Charles Franks, David Widger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Satire |
| Subject | Humorous stories |
| Subject | Gamblers -- Fiction |
| Subject | Ireland -- Fiction |
| Subject | Europe -- Fiction |
| Subject | Rogues and vagabonds -- Fiction |
| Subject | Irish -- Foreign countries -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 4558 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2003 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 10, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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