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The newcomes : Memoirs of a most respectable family / William Makepeace Thackeray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cleveland : Duke Classics, 2012.
- System Details:
- Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 4438 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1129 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 4434 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1114 KB).
- Summary:
- The Newcomes is a sprawling novel by English author William Makepeace Thackeray, who also penned the popular novel Vanity Fair . Considered by many critics to be Thackeray's finest work, The Newcomes follows the fortunes of several generations of the Newcome family, a nouveau riche clan that begins to mingle and intermarry with the British aristocracy. In particular, the novel focuses on the relationship between Colonel Newcome and his artistically inclined son, Clive.
- Notes:
- Title from eBook information screen.
- ISBN:
- 9781620122303
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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