THE NEWCOMES
MEMOIRS OF A MOST RESPECTABLE FAMILY
Edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq.
By William Makepeace Thackeray
Contents
| [THE NEWCOMES] |
| [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.] Returns 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 |
| [CHAPTER LXIV.] Absit Omen |
| [CHAPTER LXV.] In which Mrs. Clive comes into her Fortune |
| [CHAPTER LXVI.] In which the Colonel and the Newcome Athenæum are both lectured |
| [CHAPTER LXVII.] Newcome and Liberty |
| [CHAPTER LXVIII.] A Letter and a Reconciliation |
| [CHAPTER LXIX.] The Election |
| [CHAPTER LXX.] Chiltern Hundreds |
| [CHAPTER LXXI.] In which Mrs. Clive Newcome’s Carriage is ordered |
| [CHAPTER LXXII.] Belisarius |
| [CHAPTER LXXIII.] In which Belisarius returns from Exile |
| [CHAPTER LXXIV.] In which Clive begins the World |
| [CHAPTER LXXV.] Founder’s Day at the Grey Friars |
| [CHAPTER LXXVI.] Christmas at Rosebury |
| [CHAPTER LXXVII.] The Shortest and Happiest in the Whole History |
| [CHAPTER LXXVIII.] In which the Author goes on a Pleasant Errand |
| [CHAPTER LXXIX.] In which Old Friends come together |
| [CHAPTER LXXX.] In which the Colonel says “Adsum” when his Name is called |