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Barry Lyndon

by William Makepeace Thackeray

History · Humor · Novel

Open Library OL16307W

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. Barry Lyndon is narrated by Lyndon himself, who functions as a quintessentially unreliable narrator.

About the author

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) is represented here by 9 public-domain titles, including "Our Street", Barry Lyndon, and Doctor Birch and His Young Friends. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here. More of this shelf for William Makepeace Thackeray.

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