Barry Lyndon

By Thackeray, William Makepeace

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Title:	Barry Lyndon
Author:	Thackeray, William Makepeace
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature & thought, Literature and history, Literature & philosophy
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A Bibliographical: Note: Barry Lyndon?far from the best known, but by some critics acclaimed as the finest, of Thackeray?s works?appeared originally as a serial a few years before VANITY FAIR was written; yet it was not published in book form, and then not by itself, until after the publication of VANITY FAIR, PENDENNIS, ESMOND and THE NEWCOMES had placed its author in the forefront of the literary men of the day. So many years after the event we cannot help wondering why the story was not earlier put in book form; for in its delineation of the character of an adventurer it is as great as VANITY FAIR, while for the local color of history, if I may put it so, it is no undistinguished precursor of ESMOND.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE I.--MY PEDIGREE AND FAMILY--UNDERGO THE INFLUENCE OF THE TENDER PASSION II.--IN WHICH I SHOW MYSELF TO BE A MAN OF SPIRIT III.--I MAKE A FALSE START IN THE GENTEEL WORLD IV.--IN WHICH BARRY TAKES A NEAR VIEW OF MILITARY GLORY V.--IN WHICH BARRY TRIES TO REMOVE AS FAR FROM MILITARY GLORY AS POSSIBLE VI.--THE CRIMP WAGGON--MILITARY EPISODES VII.--BARRY LEADS A GARRISON LIFE, AND FINDS MANY FRIENDS THERE VIII.--BARRY BIDS ADIEU TO THE MILITARY PROFESSION IX.--I APPEAR IN A MANNER BECOMING MY NAME AND LINEAGE X.--MORE RUNS OF LUCK XI.--IN WHICH THE LUCK GOES AGAINST BARRY XII.--CONTAINS THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF THE PRINCESS OF X----- XIII.--I CONTINUE MY CAREER AS A MAN OF FASHION