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Краткое содержание: Barry Lyndon
- Чтение: 8 мин.
- 10 parts
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An Irish rogue tells his own life story, and every page shows you what he leaves out.
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Barry Lyndon — кратко о книге
Краткое содержание: 8 min на чтение
- Время чтения
- Около 8 h 10 min6 h 30 min fast, 9 h 45 min slow
- Длительность
- Слов: 116 90019 chapters
- Страницы
- Страниц: 353533 in large print
- Уровень в библиотеке
- Сложное чтение long sentences, a rich vocabulary
- Первая публикация
- 1844by William Makepeace Thackeray
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Barry Lyndon in short
Barry Lyndon follows a poor Irish boy who is sure he is born to greatness. A duel, a lost love and a fool's pride send him into the English and Prussian armies. He escapes by trickery, joins his gambling uncle and lives by cards at the courts of Europe.
What Barry Lyndon is about
What if the hero of a book tells you he is a gentleman, a soldier, a lover and a leader of fashion, and every page quietly shows you something else? That is the game of Barry Lyndon. Redmond Barry is an Irish boy with a fine sword and an even finer opinion of himself.
William Makepeace Thackeray wrote it in the 1840s as a made-up memoir, with an editor who adds notes that doubt the hero's claims. Redmond fights duels, serves in two armies, cheats at cards in royal courts and marries one of the richest women in England. You also get a sharp lesson in how a man lies to himself.
Для кого. For readers who enjoy a charming rascal telling his own story, with sword fights, card tables, royal courts and sly comedy. It suits anyone who likes adventure and sharp satire.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A boy who boasts of kings and castles
Redmond Barry opens his memoirs by announcing that the Barrys are the oldest and noblest family in Ireland. He says a woman once cost them everything, when a chief's daughter betrayed her own people's plot and the estate passed to an Englishman named Lyndon. Redmond tells it as a sacred wrong. Much later, he sets out to take that fortune back by marriage.
His father, Roaring Harry Barry, is a charming horseman and spendthrift who dies suddenly at the Chester races and leaves little beyond debts. Redmond's mother then takes her small son to her brother's home at Castle Brady, where the welcome soon cools.
Redmond's mother is proud, vain and fierce for her boy. She dresses him in velvet and lace, names their small house Barryville and will not let anyone see how poor they are. The boy learns that a good story about yourself can feed you when money cannot.
The editor soon notes that Barry's grandfather was simply an attorney who made his own money.
Redmond's pride in his blood is the first thing he sells you, and the first thing to doubt.
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A jealous duel sends the boy away
At fifteen, Redmond falls hopelessly in love with his cousin Nora Brady.
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Ruin in Dublin and a soldier's coat
Redmond rides toward Dublin giving his name as Mr. Redmond of Waterford.
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Two armies and a stolen name
In Germany Redmond serves as a corporal under Fagan's protection.
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A spy in Berlin meets his uncle
The Prussian service is harsher than the English one.
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Gambling life at the courts of Europe
With his uncle and the Italian Count Pippi, Redmond now runs a faro bank at courts across Germany.
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Chasing the rich Lady Lyndon
At the spa town of Spa, Redmond meets Sir Charles Lyndon, a sick and sneering English knight who wins money from him at cards.
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Marriage, splendour and a hated stepson
Redmond marries Lady Lyndon and takes the name Barry Lyndon.
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What the story is really about
The book is about the cost of a false self.
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How the memoir is told
Most of the story is told by Redmond in the first person, in an older man's voice looking back.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Redmond Barry An Irish boy of great vanity and nerve who tells the story and wants wealth, rank and the admiration of everyone he meets.
- Mrs. Barry Redmond's proud and fiercely loving mother, who gives up comfort so her son can look like a gentleman.
- Nora Brady Redmond's flirtatious cousin, who wants a rich husband and uses a boy's love for her own ends.
- Captain Fagan A dry, kindly Irish officer who helps Redmond in the army and sees through the world's tricks.
- The Chevalier de Balibari Redmond's uncle Cornelius Barry, a rouged gambler in splendid clothes who teaches him the card tables.
- Lady Lyndon Honoria, Countess of Lyndon, a rich, learned and nervous widow whom Redmond wants to marry for her fortune.
- Lord Bullingdon Lady Lyndon's proud young son, who despises his stepfather and wants to protect his mother and his name.
- Lord George Poynings A young English nobleman and kinsman of Lady Lyndon, who stands in Redmond's way as a rival suitor.
How it ends (spoiler)
Redmond loses everything. His wife and her friends lay a trap in London with the help of his own godson. He is forced to accept a small yearly payment on condition that he lives abroad, and he is declared an outlaw. After a failed attempt to blackmail Lord George, he is beaten by Lord Bullingdon at Bath. He ends his days in the Fleet Prison, drinking, with his old mother beside him, where he dies.
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Вопросы о книге Barry Lyndon
What is Barry Lyndon about?
It tells the life of Redmond Barry, an Irish adventurer in the 1700s who fights duels, serves in two armies, gambles at royal courts and marries a rich countess. He tells it himself, in a boastful voice.
Is Barry Lyndon based on a true story?
No. It is a made-up memoir by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in the 1840s. It draws on real history, such as the Seven Years' War and the courts of Europe, and on the style of real adventurers' memoirs.
Is Barry Lyndon easy to follow?
Yes, in its way. Redmond's lively, chatty voice and quick adventures keep each chapter moving, and the story runs in a clear order from his Irish boyhood to his marriage and the troubles that follow.
What is the main message of Barry Lyndon?
A man who builds his life on boasting, borrowed titles and the use of others will not keep what he wins. The book also shows how a vain narrator can fool himself while the page tells the truth.
Как сослаться на это издание
Thackeray, William Makepeace. Barry Lyndon. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/barry-lyndon.
Thackeray, W. M. (2026). Barry Lyndon. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/barry-lyndon (Original work published 1844)
Thackeray, William Makepeace. Barry Lyndon. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/barry-lyndon.
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publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
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note = {First published 1844}
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