The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family (Vol. III)
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1896. BU2 - Book has some light rubbing on the cover edges, half inch tear on the top spine, wrinkling on the spine edges, tanning on the spine with chipping and wear on the title plate, previous owner's bookplate adhered on the front fixed endpaper, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Limited to One Thousand Copies. No. 571. The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family in three volumes (Vol. III). Edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq.. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
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.
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- Title
- The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family (Vol. III)
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Estes & Lauriat
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- FICTION LITERATURE CLASSICS WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
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- Fiction / Classic Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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