349, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 25 Luglio 1962 da University of Nebraska Press.
The memoirs of Barry Lyndon, esq.
written by himself. A Bison book, BB 137
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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.
Argomenti
- Irish -- Foreign countries -- Fiction
- Rogues and vagabonds -- Fiction
- Gamblers -- Fiction
- Ireland -- Fiction
- Europe -- Fiction