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===A difficult writing process=== Thackeray began writing ''The Luck of Barry Lyndon: A Romance of the Last Century. By Fitz-Boodle'' in Paris<ref name="Colby">{{harvsp|Colby|1966|p=114}}.</ref> in October 1843, and ''[[Fraser's Magazine|Fraser's]]'' began publishing installments starting in January of the following year. Throughout the monthly releases, Thackeray managed to keep an advance of one or two chapters, but in October 1844, the promised manuscript was not ready on time, and the editor-in-chief Nickisson published another text in its place. The author complains about the difficulty of the task, which requires much more reading than he thought and deals with a subject that is not very sympathetic. He wrote on 14 August 1844 that it had become a nightmare and with relief, on 3 November 1844, he put the final period, noting: "Finished Barry after much agony last night." The final part was written during a trip to Egypt, and the ultimate chapter in Malta in October 1844 on the way back, while the ship was in quarantine in the port of Valletta.<ref>{{harvsp|Williams|1968|p=124}}.</ref> The original title of the 1844 publication contains the word ''luck'', which in this context does not mean "chance" but "worldly success".<ref>{{harvsp|Anisman|1970|p=11}}.</ref> The choice of this word indicates that this success results from the wealth and social importance that come from marrying the richest widow in the kingdom. According to a terminology peculiar to Barry, the alternation between ''luck'' and ''ill-luck'' marks the fluctuations of his fortune. The first edition of 1844 is composed of two asymmetrical parts: sixteen chapters are devoted to Barry's social ascent, and three (published in September, November, and December 1844) to his decline and fall.
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