243 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 1999 by University of Michigan Press.
a romance of the last century by Fitz-Boodle The works of William Makepeace Thackeray
243 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 1999 by University of Michigan Press.
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.