# Barry Lyndon

By William Makepeace Thackeray.

"Barry Lyndon" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a picaresque novel first published in 1844. An Irish gentleman schemes his way toward English aristocracy through a life of duels, military service, gambling, and seduction. Narrated by the unreliable Barry himself, the story follows his relentless pursuit of wealth and status across war-torn Europe. From fraudulent courtships to strategic marriages, Barry's fortunes rise and fall as ambition collides with fate, leading to a reckoning that strips away his carefully constructed identity. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Satire; Humorous stories; Gamblers -- Fiction; Ireland -- Fiction; Europe -- Fiction; Rogues and vagabonds -- Fiction; Irish -- Foreign countries -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/12504) by William Makepeace Thackeray (13 h 49 min, English)

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