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.
Barry Lyndon
Ce livre fait peut-être partie de la série Living literature series: R. Burton, Ph. D., editor-in-chief.
William Makepeace Thackeray: Barry Lyndon (1920, The Gregg publishing company)
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432 pages
Langue : English
Publié 7 novembre 1920 par The Gregg publishing company.
Sujets
- Irish -- Foreign countries -- Fiction
- Rogues and vagabonds -- Fiction
- Gamblers -- Fiction
- Ireland -- Fiction
- Europe -- Fiction