The Newcomes View By William Makepeace Thackeray
| Title | : | The Newcomes |
| Author | : | William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 880 pages |
| ISBN | : | 014043481X |
The Newcomes is Thackeray s most essentially Victorian novel, generous in its proportions, sharp in its criticism of the moral convolutions of the age, and encyclopaedic in its reference Set in the 1830s and 1840s, a period of rapid change and of political and economic development, the novel considers the fortunes and misfortunes of a most respectable extended middle The Newcomes is Thackeray s most essentially Victorian novel, generous in its proportions, sharp in its criticism of the moral convolutions of the age, and encyclopaedic in its reference Set in the 1830s and 1840s, a period of rapid change and of political and economic development, the novel considers the fortunes and misfortunes of a most respectable extended middle class family The action moves from London to Brighton, from England to France, from the political ambitions of an older generation in the industrial North to the painterly pretensions of a younger generation in Italy At its centre is Thomas Newcome, a retired Colonel in the Indian Army who finds the snobberies and hypocrisies of early Victorian England disconcerting In a world of men on the make, of social mobility, and of the buying and selling of women in an aristocratic marriage market, it is the Colonel s distinctive but old fashioned gentlemanliness that stands out from a self seeking society The most observant and witty among Thackeray s studies of his culture, The Newcomes is also among his most complex and allusive novels, and this edition provides particularly detailed notes which clarify his many references
about Author
Thackeray, an only child, was born in Calcutta, India, where his father, Richmond Thackeray 1 September 1781 13 September 1815 , held the high rank of secretary to the board of revenue in the British East India Company His mother, Anne Becher 1792 1864 was the second daughter of Harriet and John Harman Becher and was also a secretary writer for the East India Company.William had been sent Thackeray, an only child, was born in Calcutta, India, where his father, Richmond Thackeray 1 September 1781 13 September 1815 , held the high rank of secretary to the board of revenue in the British East India Company His mother, Anne Becher 1792 1864 was the second daughter of Harriet and John Harman Becher and was also a secretary writer for the East India Company.William had been sent to England earlier, at the age of five, with a short stopover at St Helena where the imprisoned Napoleon was pointed out to him He was educated at schools in Southampton and Chiswick and then at Charterhouse School.See also 
Vanity Fair
Barry Lyndon
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
The Rose and the Ring
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The Newcomes is Thackeray s most essentially Victorian novel, generous in its proportions, sharp in its criticism of the moral convolutions of the age
880 pagesWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
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