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Barry Lyndon

Need a good belly laugh? Set off on the journey of a lifetime with ne'er-do-well Barry Lyndon, the lovably wicked protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray's beloved picaresque novel. Although the prominent Lyndon clan had an aristocratic past, the money has long since run out, and Barry Lyndon makes his way across Europe trying to restore his reputation and fortune, encountering a series of hilarious scrapes and disasters along the way.

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  • "Barry Lyndon"@en
  • "Barry Lyndon"

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  • "Need a good belly laugh? Set off on the journey of a lifetime with ne'er-do-well Barry Lyndon, the lovably wicked protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray's beloved picaresque novel. Although the prominent Lyndon clan had an aristocratic past, the money has long since run out, and Barry Lyndon makes his way across Europe trying to restore his reputation and fortune, encountering a series of hilarious scrapes and disasters along the way."@en
  • "The Luck of Barry Lyndon is a picaresque novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in serial form in 1844, about a member of the Irish gentry trying to become a member of the English aristocracy. Thackeray, who based the novel on the life and exploits of the Anglo-Irish rake and fortune-hunter Andrew Robinson Stoney, later reissued it under the title The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.. Stanley Kubrick later adapted the novel into the movie Barry Lyndon (1975). Unlike the film, the novel is narrated by Barry himself, who functions as a quintessentially unreliable narrator, perpetually boasting and not realizing the bad light in which he casts himself. --Wikipedia.com."
  • "A continent-spanning adventure featuring one of literature's greatest rogues Redmond Barry has almost all the qualities of a gentleman: he speaks well, has learned courtly etiquette, and can hold his own with a sword in hand. But passion is his downfall-passion for life, for excitement, and unfortunately, for his cousin Nora. When he almost kills Nora's suitor in a duel, Barry flees to Dublin, and the adventure of his life begins. A consummate rake and con man, Barry finds himself on the battlefield against the Prussians in the Seven Years' War after losing everything. But war-and life, for."@en

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  • "Historical"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Satire"@en
  • "Satire"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Picaresque literature"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "Humorous stories"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
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  • "Die Mamoiren des Junkers Barry Lyndon"
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  • "Barry Lyndon"
  • "La Suerte de Barry Lyndon : romance del siglo pasado"
  • "Luck of barry lyndon"
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon; a critical ed., edited with an introd. and notes by Martin J. Anisman"@en
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon"
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon"@en
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon; a romance of the last century"@en
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon. A critical edition. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Martin J. Anisman"@en
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon: a romance of the last century"@en
  • "Die memoiren des junkers Barry Lyndon : roman"
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon : a romance of the last century. Volume 1"
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon : a critical edition"
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon : a critical edition"@en
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon : a romance of the last century. Volume 2"
  • "The memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq"@en
  • "The memoirs of Barry Lyndon Esq"
  • "[The Luck of Barry Lyndon, a romance of the last century.]"@en
  • "[The Luck of Barry Lyndon, a romance of the last century.]"
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon : a romance of the last century by Fitz-Boodle"
  • "La suerte de Barry Lyndon : romance del siglo pasado"@es
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon, a romance of the last century"@en
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon : a romance of the last century"@en
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon : a romance of the last century"
  • "Die Memoiren des Junkers Barry Lyndon : Roman"
  • "Die Memoiren des Junkers Barry Lyndon"
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon a romance of the last century by Fitz-Boodle"@en
  • "The luck of Barry Lyndon a romance of the last century"@en
  • "The Luck of Barry Lyndon"
  • "The Luck of Barry Lyndon"@en

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