Thackeray, William Makepeace,  1811-1863 <br/><br/>
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Newcomes  Release date is 2005-02-01 
<br/><br/>Credits: Tapio Riikonen and David Widger  Credits: Tapio Riikonen and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a novel published in 1854-1855. The story follows Colonel Thomas Newcome, a virtuous man, and his son Clive, who aspires to become a painter despite family disapproval. Spanning generations and continents, the novel traces the Newcome family's rise to wealth and respectability while exploring themes of marriage for money and social ambition. Set in Victorian England, it offers rich cultural detail of the era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Domestic fiction Families -- England -- Fiction 
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