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The Newcomes
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- NF
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: The Heritage Press. NF. Reissue. Hardcover. Circa 1953 Heritage Press edition printed by The University Press of C ambridge. Bound in color pictorial cloth with black spine blocking and gold lettering. The Centenary Edition is illustrated by Edward Ardizz one with an introduction by Angela Thirkell. A near fine copy.Rubbing along the head of the spine. The club prospectus "The Sandglass Number XI:19" is laid in loose. The Sandglass is tanned at its edges and has a crease at its lower left corner. No slipcase. Shipping weight is f our pounds. Additional shipping costs will apply to international orde rs. .
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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- Dearly Departed Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65356
- Title
- The Newcomes
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NF
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reissue
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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