Barry Lyndon

By: Thackeray, William Makepeace

Redmond Barry of Ballybarry, born to a genteel but ruined Irish family, fancies himself a gentleman. At the prompting of his mother, he learns what he can of courtly manners and swordplay, but fails at more scholarly subjects like Latin. He is a hot-tempered, passionate lad, and falls madly in love with his cousin, Nora. As she is a spinster a few years older than Redmond, she is seeking a prospect with more ready cash to pay family debts.The lad tries to engage in a duel with Nora's suitor, an English officer named John Quin. He is made to think that he has assassinated the man, though his pistol was actually loaded with tow, a dummy load of heavy, knotted fibres. Quin, struck with the harmless load, fainted in fright.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798584601065
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.9" x 5.0"