Biography & letters · 1864
Barry Lyndon
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- First published
- 1853
- This copy printed
- 1864
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Cloth
- Condition
- Good — Honest wear and some foxing, sound and complete.
- Pages
- 349
About this work
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.
