The History of Pendennis
by William Makepeace Thackeray | 
The History of Henry Esmond
by William Makepeace Thackeray | 
The Egoist
by George Meredith | 
The Bride of Lammermoor
by Walter Scott | 
The Newcomes
by William Makepeace Thackeray |
Orley Farm
by Anthony Trollope | 
The Heart of Midlothian
by Walter Scott | 
Kenilworth
by Walter Scott | 
A Laodicean
by Thomas Hardy | 
Typhoon
by Joseph Conrad | 
Desperate Remedies
by Thomas Hardy | 
The Lost Girl
by D. H. Lawrence | 
St. Ives
by Robert Louis Stevenson |
The Trumpet-Major
by Thomas Hardy | 
Guy Mannering
by Walter Scott | 
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray | 
Centennial
by James A. Michener | 
Chesapeake
by James A. Michener | 
The Walking Drum
by Louis L'Amour | 
Sacajawea
by Anna Lee Waldo |
Set in late 18th century Europe the adventures and mis-adventures of a minor member of the Irish gentry trying to better himself. Redmond Barry of Bally Barry is a clever young man, who learns the manners of a gentleman. This serves him well, for the next few decades he meanders through Europe, as a soldier, mercenary, gambler, and vagabond. He reaches the pinnacle of worldly success by marriage to an English heiress, but disastrously squanders her fortune and good will.