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The Luck of Barry Lyndon

William Makepeace Thackeray

This picaresque novel follows the ambitious Barry Lyndon, an 18th-century Irish adventurer, through his rise and fall across European society. It offers a satirical look at social climbing, fortune, and the moral compromises made in pursuit of status.

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