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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Books LTD
ISBN-13
9780140434811
eBay Product ID (ePID)
89411746
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Newcomes
Author
William Makepeace Thackeray
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
1996
Number of Pages
880 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198mm
Item Width
128mm
Item Weight
500 g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
William Makepeace Thackeray
Series Title
Penguin Classics S.
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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