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Barry Lyndon (Paperback)
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Barry Lyndon (Paperback)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
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Set in the second half of the eighteenth century, Barry Lyndon is
the fictional autobiography of an adventurer and rogue whom the
reader is led to distrust from the very beginning. Born into the
petty Irish gentry, and outmanoeuvred in his first love-affair, a
ruined Barry joins the British army. After service in Germany he
deserts and, after a brief spell as a spy, pursues the career of a
gambler in the dissolute clubs and courts of Europe. In a
determined effort to enter fashionable society he marries a titled
heiress but finds he has met his match. First published in 1844,
Barry Lyndon is Thackeray's earliest substantial novel and in some
ways his most original, reflecting his views of the true art of
fiction: to represent a subject, however unpleasant, with accuracy
and wit, and not to moralize. The text is that of George
Sainsbury's 1908 Oxford edition which restores passages cut when
the novel was revised in 1856. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years
Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of
literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects
Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate
text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert
introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the
text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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