Set in late 18th century Europe the adventures and misadventures of a minor member of the Irish gentry trying to better himself. Redmond Barry of Bally Barry is a clever young man, who learns the manners of a gentleman. This serves him well, for the next few decades he meanders through Europe, as a soldier, mercenary, gambler, and vagabond. He reaches the pinnacle of worldly success by marriage to an English heiress, but disastrously squanders her fortune and good will.
Genres
- Irish
- Irish in fiction
- Rogues and vagabonds in fiction
- Fiction
- Gamblers
- Europe in fiction
- Gamblers in fiction
- Classic Literature
- Ireland in fiction
- Rogues and vagabonds
- Irish fiction
- British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Southern states, biography
- Poets, biography
- Large type books
- Satire
- Humorous stories
- Gamblers -- Fiction
- Ireland -- Fiction
- Europe -- Fiction
- Rogues and vagabonds -- Fiction
- Irish -- Foreign countries -- Fiction
- Thackeray, william makepeace, 1811-1863
- Irish--foreign countries--fiction
- Rogues and vagabonds--fiction
- Gamblers--fiction
- Irish fiction--foreign countries
- Pr5608.a2 s36 2008
- 823.8
- Literature and fiction (general)
- Travel
- Long Now Manual for Civilization
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