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The Luck of Barry Lyndon
About this book
That is my way of fascinating women. Let the man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim. 'Attacking' is his only secret. Dare, and the world always yields; or, if it beat you sometimes, dare again, and it will succumb.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Colophon
- Introduction
- My pedigree and family. – Undergo the influenceof the tender passion
- In which I show myself to be a man of spirit
- I make a false start in the genteel world
- In which Barry takes a near view of military glory
- In which Barry tries to remove as far from military glory as possible
- The crimp-wagon – Military episodes
- Barry leads a garrison life, and finds many friends there
- Barry bids adieu to the military profession
- I appear in a manner becoming my name and lineage
- More runs of luck
- In which the luck goes against Barry
- Contains the tragical history of the Princess of X–––
- I continue my career as a man of fashion
- I return to Ireland, and exhibit my splendour and generosity in that kingdom
- I pay court to my Lady Lyndon
- I provide nobly for my family and attain the height of my (seeming) good fortune
- I appear as an ornament of English society
- In which my good fortune begins to waver
- Conclusion
- Contents