Dimensions
130 x 198 x 46mm
An expose of Victorian polite society by one of the nineteenth century's finest novelists.
Sir Brian Newcome's marriage into the aristocratic Kew family brought titled respectability to his family's "new" money. Now the marriage of his daughter Ethel is of crucial importance to both families in their quest for further advancement.
Ethel is loved by her cousin Clive, but her brother Barnes and her grandmother Lady Kew intend her to make a grand marriage. Their unscrupulous manipulations are those of an upper class eager to transform itself in order to survive the changing times.
A revelatory and hugely witty journey into the hypocrisy and double standards of the mannered classes, 'The Newcomes' illuminates the evolution of an age.
The most comprehensive paperback edition available, with introduction, notes, selected criticism, text summary and chronology of Thackeray's life and times.
