Barry Lyndon
by William Makepeace Thackeray
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BARRY LYNDON was to be hailed by competent critics as one of Thackeray's finest performances, though the author himself seems to have had no strong regard for the story. His daughter has recorded, "My father once said to me when I was a 'You needn't read Barry Lyndon, you won't like it.' Indeed, it is scarcely a book to like, but one to admire and to wonder at for its consummate power and mastery." Mr. Leslie Stephen "All later critics have recognized in this book one of his most powerful performances. In directness and vigor he never surpassed it." Novelist, Anthony Trollope, has said of "In ...
Chapters (25)
- BARRY LYNDON
- From The Works Of William Makepeace Thackeray
- Edited By Walter Jerrold
- BARRY LYNDON
- A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- THE MEMOIRES OF BARRY LYNDON, ESQ.
- CHAPTER I. MY PEDIGREE AND FAMILY—UNDERGO THE INFLUENCE OF THE TENDER
- CHAPTER II. I SHOW MYSELF TO BE A MAN OF SPIRIT
- CHAPTER III. A FALSE START IN THE GENTEEL WORLD
- CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH BARRY TAKES A NEAR VIEW OF MILITARY GLORY
- CHAPTER V. BARRY FAR FROM MILITARY GLORY
- CHAPTER VI. THE CRIMP WAGGON—MILITARY EPISODES
- CHAPTER VII. BARRY LEADS A GARRISON LIFE, AND FINDS MANY FRIENDS THERE
- CHAPTER VIII. BARRY’S ADIEU TO MILITARY PROFESSION
- CHAPTER IX. I APPEAR IN A MANNER BECOMING MY NAME AND LINEAGE
- CHAPTER X. MORE RUNS OF LUCK
- CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH THE LUCK GOES AGAINST BARRY
- CHAPTER XII. TRAGICAL HISTORY OF PRINCESS OF X——
- CHAPTER XIII. I CONTINUE MY CAREER AS A MAN OF FASHION
- CHAPTER XIV. I RETURN TO IRELAND, AND EXHIBIT MY SPLENDOUR AND
- CHAPTER XV. I PAY COURT TO MY LADY LYNDON
- CHAPTER XVI. I PROVIDE NOBLY FOR MY FAMILY
- CHAPTER XVII. I APPEAR AS AN ORNAMENT OF ENGLISH SOCIETY
- CHAPTER XVIII. MY GOOD FORTUNE BEGINS TO WAVER
- CHAPTER XIX. CONCLUSION
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