Barry Lyndon | Barry Lyndon

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Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
First Published: 1844
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Picaresque
Time of Work: Eighteenth century
Setting: England, Ireland, and Europe
Principal Characters: Redmond Barry, Lady Honoria Lyndon, Lord Bullingdon
Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction
Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Adolescence, Abused persons, Gambling, Europe or Europeans, Marriage, Antiheroes, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Illegitimacy, Ambition, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Cruelty, Adventure, Soldiers, Ireland or Irish people, Braggarts
Locales: Europe, England, Ireland

Deprived of wealth and estates by relatives, Widow Barry devoted herself to the careful rearing of her son Redmond. Uncle Brady took a liking to the lad and asked the widow for permission to take the child to his ancestral home, Brady Castle. While there, Barry was treated kindly by his uncle. One of his cousins, Mick, persecuted him, however, and Mrs. Brady hated him. Aggressive by nature, Barry invited animosity; his landless pride in his ancestral heritage led him into repeated neighborhood brawls until he had fought every lad in the area and acquired the...

Barry Lyndon | Barry Lyndon

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