The Luck of Barry Lyndon · Character
Captain Fitzsimons
Irish officer and associate of Barry in the gambling world.
minor
Also known as Fitzsimons, the odious Fitzsimons, Mr. Fitzsimons
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Captain Fitzsimons shows up with force in A False Start in the Genteel World. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Runs the boarding-house where Barry stays; discovers Barry's true identity and threatens to hand him over to the law.
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This passage marks the dramatic climax because Redmond Barry reaches the absolute peak of his self-satisfactio…
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