The Newcomes

William Makepeace Thackeray

⏱ 8 minVictorian classic

The simple, noble old soldier Colonel Newcome worships his son, a young painter who loves his cousin Ethel, but the money-and-rank-worshipping clan drive them apart, and a bank crash brings the good Colonel to a pauper's death answering Adsum. Thackeray's rich family memoir.

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