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The Newcomes : memoirs of a most respectable family /

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 beg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autor principal:	Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	[Place of publication not identified] : Floating Press, ©2010.
Temas:	Families > England > Fiction. Familles > Angleterre > Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION > General. Families England Domestic fiction Fiction Domestic fiction.
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

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Chapter I. The overture; after which the curtain rises upon a drinking chorus
Chapter II. Colonel Newcome's wild oats
Chapter III. Colonel Newcome's letter-box
Chapter IV. In which the author and the hero resume their acquaintance
Chapter V. Clive's uncles
Chapter VI. Newcome brothers
Chapter VII. In which Mr. Clive's school-days are over
Chapter VIII. Mrs. Newcome at home (a small early party)
Chapter IX. Miss Honeyman's
Chapter X. Ethel and her relations
Chapter XI. At Mrs. Ridley's
Chapter XII. In which everybody is asked to dinner
Chapter XIII. In which Thomas Newcome sings his last song
Chapter XIV. Park Lane
Chapter XV. The old ladies
Chapter XVI. In which Mr. Sherrick lets his house in Fitzroy Square
Chapter XVII. A school of art
Chapter XVIII. New companions
Chapter XIX. The Colonel at home
Chapter XX. Contains more particulars of the Colonel and his brethren
Chapter XXI. Is sentimental, but short
Chapter XXII. Describes a visit to Paris; with accidents and incidents in London
Chapter XXIII. In which we hear a soprano and a contralto.
Chapter XXIV. In which the Newcome brothers once more meet together in unity
Chapter XXV. Is passed in a public-house
Chapter XXVI. In which Colonel Newcome's horses are sold
Chapter XXVII. Youth and sunshine
Chapter XXVIII. In Which Clive begins to see the world
Chapter XXIX. In which Barnes comes a-wooing
Chapter XXX. A retreat
Chapter XXXI. Madame la Duchesse
Chapter XXXII. Barnes's courtship
Chapter XXXIII. Lady Kew at the Congress
Chapter XXXIV. The end of the Congress of Baden
Chapter XXXV. Across the Alps
Chapter XXXVI. In which M. De Florac is promoted
Chapter XXXVII. Return to Lord Kew
Chapter XXXVIII. In which Lady Kew leaves his Lordship quite convalescent
Chapter XXXIX. Amongst the painters
Chapter XL. Returns from Rome to Pall Mall
Chapter XLI. An old story
Chapter XLII. Injured innocence
Chapter XLIII. Returns to some old friends
Chapter XLIV. In which Mr. Charles Honeyman appears in an amiable light
Chapter XLV. A stag of ten
Chapter XLVI. The Hotel de Florac
Chapter XLVII. Contains two or three acts of a little comedy
Chapter XLVIII. In which Benedick is a married man.
Chapter XLIX. Contains at least six more courses and two desserts
Chapter L. Clive in new quarters
Chapter LI. An old friend
Chapter LII. Family secrets
Chapter LIII. In which kinsmen fall out
Chapter LIV. Has a tragical ending
Chapter LV. Barnes's skeleton closet
Chapter LVI. Rosa quo locorum sera moratur
Chapter LVII. Rosebury and Newcome
Chapter LVIII. "One more unfortunate"
Chapter LIX. In which Achilles loses Briseis
Chapter LX. In which we write to the Colonel
Chapter LXI. In which we are introduced to a new Newcome
Chapter LXII. Mr. and Mrs. Clive Newcome
Chapter LXIII. Mrs. Clive at home.

The Newcomes : memoirs of a most respectable family /

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