Excerpt from The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. Barry lyndon was written in 1843 and 1844, and first appeared in Fraser' 8 Magazine in the latter year. As was the case with nearly all of Thackeray's serially published novels, the end was not written until almost the time when the serial publication required it Thack cray's diary recording on November 4, 1844, finished Barry after great throes late at night. He had writ ten at it all through the year in Paris and in London, and apparently with unusual difficulty in the midst of other undertakings; Mrs. Ritchie quotes several passages from the diary and from letters, ranging from October, 1843, to August, 1844, showing work for Punch and many things in hand besides, and nearly all expressing anxiety at the slow and laborious progress of the novel. Finally he carried it with him on his journey from Cornhill to Cairo, and wrote the last lines, and the diary entry just cited, in quarantine at Malta on his way home. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.