The Luck of Barry Lyndon

Name: The Luck of Barry Lyndon
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
ISBN: 9781727369632

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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The Luck of Barry Lyndon is a picaresque novel by English author William Makepeace Thackeray, first published as a serial in Fraser's Magazine in 1844, about a member of the Irish gentry trying to become a member of the English aristocracy. Thackeray, who based the novel on the life and exploits of the Anglo-Irish rake and fortune-hunter Andrew Robinson Stoney, later reissued it under the title The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.

First published 1844276 pages

823.8

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 3
Editions known: 54

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 823.8
Library of Congress (LCC): PZ0003.T325 B35PZ0003.T325 Mb12PR5608.A2 S36 1984PR5601.R4 vol. 4

Subjects

823.8British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Classic LiteratureEurope -- FictionEurope in fictionFictionGamblersGamblers -- FictionGamblers in fictionGamblers--fictionHumorous storiesIreland -- Fiction

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ISBN 9781727369632English

DATE DUE

First published1844

Film adaptation1975

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