The Luck of Barry Lyndon
A picaresque novel by William Makepeace Thackeray about a member of the Irish gentry trying to become a member of the English aristocracy.
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- 204 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
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The story follows Redmond Barry, a young Irishman from a declining family who aspires to be a gentleman but struggles with education and social standing. His infatuation with his cousin Nora leads to a misguided duel with her suitor, John Quin, prompting Redmond to flee to Dublin. There, he falls into a life of crime and joins the British Army to escape creditors. Sent to Germany during the Seven Years' War, he pretends to be insane to desert, stealing a lieutenant's identity and hoping to find a better future in neutral territory.
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The Luck of Barry Lyndon, William Makepeace Thackeray
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- 2022
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- Podtitul
- A picaresque novel by William Makepeace Thackeray about a member of the Irish gentry trying to become a member of the English aristocracy.
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Vydavateľ
- Culturea
- Rok vydania
- 2022
- Väzba
- mäkká
- Počet strán
- 204
- ISBN13
- 9782382744246
- Série
- Štítky
- Beletria, Historické romány, Klasika, Britská literatúra, Príbehy zo života, Anglicko, 19. storočie, Anglická literatúra, Sfilmované, Manželstvo, Írsko, Cesta, 18. storočie, Paródia, Trápenie
- Prvé vydanie
- 1844
- Pôvodný názov
- Memoirs of Barry Lyndon
- Hodnotenie
- 3,55 z 5
- Anotácia
- The story follows Redmond Barry, a young Irishman from a declining family who aspires to be a gentleman but struggles with education and social standing. His infatuation with his cousin Nora leads to a misguided duel with her suitor, John Quin, prompting Redmond to flee to Dublin. There, he falls into a life of crime and joins the British Army to escape creditors. Sent to Germany during the Seven Years' War, he pretends to be insane to desert, stealing a lieutenant's identity and hoping to find a better future in neutral territory.