The Luck of Barry Lyndon (eBook)

The Luck of Barry Lyndon

William Makepeace Thackeray (Autor)

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2021
302 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-406638815-7 (EAN)

Infos

The Luck of Barry Lyndon is a picaresque novel about a member of the Irish gentry trying to become a member of the English aristocracy. Redmond Barry of Ballybarry, born to a genteel but ruined Irish family, fancies himself a gentleman. At the prompting of his mother, he learns what he can of courtly manners and swordplay. He is a hot-tempered, passionate lad, and falls madly in love with his cousin, Nora. As she is a spinster a few years older than Redmond, she is seeking a prospect with more ready cash to pay family debts. The lad tries to engage in a duel with Nora's suitor, an English officer named John Quin. Barry is made to think that he has assassinated the man, so he flees to Dublin, where he quickly falls in with bad company in the way of con artists, and soon loses all his money. Pursued by creditors, he enlists as a soldier in a British Army infantry regiment headed for service in Germany. His run of bad luck continues when he tries to desert, and he gets captured by Prussian officer, but Barry's temper and relentlessness keep his head above the ground as he never stops to fight in order to find his fortune.

Autor

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was an English novelist, author and illustrator, who was born in India. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his novels Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and The Luck of Barry Lyndon.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.2.2021
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: A Splendid Ruin • beneath a scarlet sky • British Army service • Courtly manners • Descent into debt • Fortune-seeking protagonist • Genteel upbringing • irish aristocracy • Ken Follett • Picaresque novel • Prussian capture • Robert Graves • Run of bad luck • swordplay • The Ragged Edge of Night • the spy who came in from the cold • The Thirteenth Tale • The tuscan child • Under a Gilded Moon • where the crawdads sing