The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Edited with an Introduction by Andrew Sanders.

Thackeray, William Makepiece:

ISBN 10: 0192831739 / ISBN 13: 9780192831736

Edité par Oxford/New York, Oxford University Press,, 1995

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XXXVIII,1103 Seiten mit zeitgenössischen sw. Abb. Namenskürzel auf Vortitel. Leichte Knickspur im Vorderdeckel. Guter Zustand. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1950.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Edited with an Introduction by Andrew Sanders.
• Éditeur: Oxford/New York, Oxford University Press,
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0192831739
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780192831736
• Reliure: ill. OBroschur.
• État de l'article: Gut
• Poids: 1950 grammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Literatur des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts

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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.

Présentation de l'éditeur

William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He is known for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.