The Newcomes

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The Newcomes is a Victorian novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that chronicles the fortunes, social ambitions, and moral struggles of the Newcome family in 19th-century England.

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The Newcomes canonical 3
The Newcomes (television series) 1

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptedFor television ⓘ
author William Makepeace Thackeray ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReputation major work of Thackeray ⓘ
depicts British upper-middle class ⓘ
aristocracy ⓘ
colonial service ⓘ
financial speculation ⓘ
examines conflict between duty and desire ⓘ
corruption of wealth ⓘ
marriage as social contract ⓘ
firstEditionType two-volume edition ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1853 ⓘ
1854 ⓘ
form long novel ⓘ
genre realist novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Newcomes (television series) ⓘ
linked to: The Newcomes
hasCharacter Barnes Newcome ⓘ
Hobson Newcome ⓘ
Lady Kew ⓘ
Rosey Mackenzie ⓘ
hasSubgenre family saga ⓘ
illustrator Richard Doyle ⓘ
literaryMovement realism ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Clive Newcome ⓘ
Colonel Thomas Newcome ⓘ
Ethel Newcome ⓘ
mainTheme class and society ⓘ
family fortunes ⓘ
moral struggle ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ
narrativeDevice framed by Arthur Pendennis ⓘ
narrativeStyle third-person narration ⓘ
narratorCharacter Arthur Pendennis ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationFormat serial ⓘ
publishedIn The Cornhill Magazine ⓘ
publisher Bradbury and Evans ⓘ
relatedWork Pendennis ⓘ
Vanity Fair ⓘ
settingPeriod 19th-century England ⓘ
sharesCharacterWith Pendennis ⓘ
Vanity Fair ⓘ

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The Newcomes → hasAdaptation → The Newcomes (television series) ⓘ
linked to: The Newcomes
William Makepeace Thackeray → notableWork → The Newcomes ⓘ
subject linked to: Thackeray