323 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 1975 by Penguin Books.
William Makepeace Thackeray: The memoirs of Barry Lyndon, esq. (1975, Penguin Books)
323 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 1975 by Penguin Books.
Set in late 18th century Europe the adventures and misadventures of a minor member of the Irish gentry trying to better himself. Redmond Barry of Bally Barry is a clever young man, who learns the manners of a gentleman. This serves him well, for the next few decades he meanders through Europe, as a soldier, mercenary, gambler, and vagabond. He reaches the pinnacle of worldly success by marriage to an English heiress, but disastrously squanders her fortune and good will.