The Luck of Barry Lyndon

Redmond Barry recounts his own rise from a penniless Irish boy to a man of fashion and fortune in this masterful example of the unreliable narrator. While he portrays himself as a victim of circumstance and a gentleman of honor, his actions reveal a scoundrel, a gambler, and a domestic tyrant. The novel is a brilliant subversion of the romantic hero trope, set against the opulent but morally bankr...