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Barry Lyndon

William Makepeace

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Redmond Barry of Bally Barry, born to a genteel but ruined Irish family, fancies himself a gentleman. At the prompting of his mother, he learns what he can of courtly manners and swordplay, but fails at more scholarly subjects like Latin. He is a hot-tempered, passionate lad, and falls madly in love with his cousin, Nora. Sadly, as she is a spinster a few years older than Redmond, she is seeking a prospect with more ready cash to pay family debts.The lad tries to engage in a duel with Nora's suitor, an English officer named John Quin. He is made to think that he has assassinated the man, though his pistol was actually loaded with tow, a dummy load of heavy, knotted, fibres. Quin, struck with the harmless load, fainted in fright.Redmond flees to Dublin, where he quickly falls in with bad company in the way of con artists, and soon loses all his money. Pursued by creditors, he enlists as a common private in a Royal Army infantry regiment headed for service in Germany during the Seven Years' War.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: Dec 22nd, 2016
  • Pages: 390
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.80in - 1.15lb
  • EAN: 9781541260399
  • Categories: • European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

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Unable to finance his dream project, an epic biography of Napoleon, Stanley Kubrick settled on the William Makepeace Thackeray novel THE LUCK OF BARRY LYNDON. BARRY LYNDON ('75) went on to win 4 Oscars for cinematography, art direction, costume design, and adapted score. https://t.co/WTYRHy9NEw

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With ornate imagery reminiscent of paintings from the 18th century, Kubrick's adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel used the highest speed lenses ever made to capture scenes on film lit only by candles. BARRY LYNDON screens in #35mm at @ThePCCLondon #classicmovies https://t.co/pbqSycWVSP

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