The Luck of Barry Lyndon

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1. 01Full text
2. 02I.--MY PEDIGREE AND FAMILY--UNDERGO THE INFLUENCE OF THE TENDER
3. 03II.--IN WHICH I SHOW MYSELF TO BE A MAN OF SPIRIT
4. 04III.--I MAKE A FALSE START IN THE GENTEEL WORLD
5. 05IV.--IN WHICH BARRY TAKES A NEAR VIEW OF MILITARY GLORY
6. 06V.--IN WHICH BARRY TRIES TO REMOVE AS FAR FROM MILITARY GLORY AS
7. 07VI.--THE CRIMP WAGGON--MILITARY EPISODES
8. 08VII.--BARRY LEADS A GARRISON LIFE, AND FINDS MANY FRIENDS THERE
9. 09VIII.--BARRY BIDS ADIEU TO THE MILITARY PROFESSION
10. 10IX.--I APPEAR IN A MANNER BECOMING MY NAME AND LINEAGE
11. 11XI.--IN WHICH THE LUCK GOES AGAINST BARRY
12. 12XII.--CONTAINS THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF THE PRINCESS OF X-----
13. 13XIII.--I CONTINUE MY CAREER AS A MAN OF FASHION
14. 14XIV.--I RETURN TO IRELAND, AND EXHIBIT MY SPLENDOUR AND GENEROSITY
15. 15XVI.--I PROVIDE NOBLY FOR MY FAMILY, AND ATTAIN THE HEIGHT OF MY
16. 16(SEEMING) GOOD FORTUNE
17. 17XVII.--I APPEAR AS AN ORNAMENT OF ENGLISH SOCIETY
18. 18XVIII.--IN WHICH MY GOOD FORTUNE BEGINS TO WAVER
19. 19CHAPTER I. MY PEDIGREE AND FAMILY--UNDERGO THE INFLUENCE OF THE TENDER
20. 20CHAPTER II. I SHOW MYSELF TO BE A MAN OF SPIRIT
21. 21WEEK THERE.’
22. 22‘REDMOND BARRY.’
23. 23‘REDMOND.’
24. 24CHAPTER III. A FALSE START IN THE GENTEEL WORLD
25. 25CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH BARRY TAKES A NEAR VIEW OF MILITARY GLORY
26. 26CHAPTER V. BARRY FAR FROM MILITARY GLORY
27. 27part. The town was evacuated, except by a few Prussian troops, whose
28. 28CHAPTER VI. THE CRIMP WAGGON--MILITARY EPISODES
29. 29CHAPTER VII. BARRY LEADS A GARRISON LIFE, AND FINDS MANY FRIENDS THERE
30. 30part of their parents abroad. My captain agreed to find means to forward
31. 31CHAPTER VIII. BARRY’S ADIEU TO MILITARY PROFESSION
32. 32CHAPTER IX. I APPEAR IN A MANNER BECOMING MY NAME AND LINEAGE
33. 33‘THE CHEVALIER DE BALIBARI.’
34. 34CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH THE LUCK GOES AGAINST BARRY
35. 35CHAPTER XII. TRAGICAL HISTORY OF PRINCESS OF X----
36. 36CHAPTER XIII. I CONTINUE MY CAREER AS A MAN OF FASHION
37. 37CHAPTER XIV. I RETURN TO IRELAND, AND EXHIBIT MY SPLENDOUR AND
38. 38CHAPTER XV. I PAY COURT TO MY LADY LYNDON
39. 39CHAPTER XVI. I PROVIDE NOBLY FOR MY FAMILY
40. 40book, or to canter on horseback by the side of her chariot.
41. 41chapter of my biography, that the kingdom of Ireland was at this
42. 42‘H. LYNDON.’
43. 43CHAPTER XVII. I APPEAR AS AN ORNAMENT OF ENGLISH SOCIETY
44. 44chapter, and determined, in his high mightiness, that he too should go
45. 45CHAPTER XVIII. MY GOOD FORTUNE BEGINS TO WAVER
46. 46part of his time, occupied with the musty old books which he took out of