3.5*

Perhaps I had too high expectations of this novel... I loved Vanity Fair & so expected to love this too so maybe my rating should be 4 rather than 3.5; I'll see how I feel once some time has passed.

Barry Lyndon (nee Redmond Barry) is an Irish scamp (similar to Flashman) but unlike with Becky Sharpe, I didn't feel the charm of the character. I also didn't find the same humor in this novel that had me laughing in Vanity Fair. It was an enjoyable book that I am glad that I read but it seems unlikely to be one I will revisit. ( )

"... Desde los tiempos de Adán, no ha habido maldad en el mundo que no se originara en alguna mujer. Desde que mi familia existe [ ... ] las mujeres siempre han desempeñado un papel preponderante en las vicisitudes de nuestra raza" ( )

Una de las mejores novelas de Thackeray, junto con "La feria de las vanidades", "Barry Lyndon" fue llevada también memorablemente al cine por Stanley Kubrick y ha pasado a ser película "de culto". ( )

The character is supposed to be based on my great-great-great-great-granduncle. Well, in character, eventual bankruptcy, and pursuit of rich heiresses there is definitely a resemblance.

Perhaps I had too high expectations of this novel... I loved Vanity Fair & so expected to love this too so maybe my rating should be 4 rather than 3.5; I'll see how I feel once some time has passed.

Barry Lyndon (nee Redmond Barry) is an Irish scamp (similar to Flashman) but unlike with Becky Sharpe, I didn't feel the charm of the character. I also didn't find the same humor in this novel that had me laughing in Vanity Fair. It was an enjoyable book that I am glad that I read but it seems unlikely to be one I will revisit. ( )