The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family was written in serial form in 1854- 1855 by the author of such works as Vanity Fair, The Book Of Snobs. It tells the story of a few generations of the Newcome family: their rise to respectability, marriages, love, and the culture in which they lived. The novel teaches the reader what it was like to live in Victorian England - Summary by Stav Nisser
Chapters
1 Chapter 1: The Overture, After which the Curtain rises upon a Drinking Chorus 36 min 2 Chapter 2: Colonel Newcome's Wild Oats 42 min 3 Chapter 3: Colonel Newcome's Letter-box 25 min 4 Chapter 4: In which the Author and the Hero resume their Acquaintance 23 min 5 Chapter 5: Clive's Uncles 47 min 6 Chapter 6: Newcome Brothers 28 min 7 Chapter 7: In which Mr. Clive's School-days are over 23 min 8 Chapter 8: Mrs. Newcome at Home (a Small Early Party) 46 min 9 Chapter 9: Miss Honeyman's 43 min 10 Chapter 10: Ethel and her Relations 26 min 11 Chapter 11: At Mrs. Ridley's 33 min 12 Chapter 12: In which everybody is asked to Dinner 21 min 13 Chapter 13: In which Thomas Newcome sings his Last Song 21 min 14 Chapter 14: Park Lane 33 min 15 Chapter 15: The Old Ladies 29 min 16 Chapter 16: In which Mr. Sherrick lets his House in Fitzroy Square 17 min 17 Chapter 17: A School of Art 26 min 18 Chapter 18: New Companions 15 min 19 Chapter 19: The Colonel at Home 22 min 20 Chapter 20: Contains more Particulars of the Colonel and his Brethren 22 min 21 Chapter 21: Is Sentimental, but Short 27 min 22 Chapter 22: Describes a Visit to Paris; with Accidents and Incidents 43 min 23 Chapter 23: In which we hear a Soprano and a Contralto 41 min 24 Chapter 24: In which the Newcome Brothers once more meet together in Unity 39 min 25 Chapter 25: Is passed in a Public-house 36 min 26 Chapter 26: In which Colonel Newcome's Horses are sold 32 min 27 Chapter 27: Youth and Sunshine 29 min 28 Chapter 28: In which Clive begins to see the World 1 h 1 min 29 Chapter 29: In which Barnes comes a-wooing 27 min 30 Chapter 30: A Retreat 44 min 31 Chapter 31: Madame la Duchesse 39 min 32 Chapter 32: Barnes's Courtship 25 min 33 Chapter 33: Lady Kew at the Congress 30 min 34 Chapter 34: The End of the Congress of Baden 56 min 35 Chapter 35: Across the Alps 23 min 36 Chapter 36: In which M. de Florac is promoted 38 min 37 Chapter 37: Return to Lord Kew 22 min 38 Chapter 38: In which Lady Kew leaves his Lordship quite convalescent 36 min 39 Chapter 39: Amongst the Painters 40 min 40 Chapter 40: Returns from Rome to Pall Mall 27 min 41 Chapter 41: An Old Story 42 min 42 Chapter 42: Injured Innocence 39 min 43 Chapter 43: Returns to some Old Friends 32 min 44 Chapter 44: In which Mr. Charles Honeyman appears in an Amiable Light 40 min 45 Chapter 45: A Stag of Ten 22 min 46 Chapter 46: The Hotel de Florac 33 min 47 Chapter 47: Contains two or three Acts of a Little Comedy 55 min 48 Chapter 48: In which Benedick is a Married Man 30 min 49 Chapter 49: Contains at least six more Courses and two Desserts 26 min 50 Chapter 50: Clive in New Quarters 22 min 51 Chapter 51: An Old Friend 26 min 52 Chapter 52: Family Secrets 33 min 53 Chapter 53: In which Kinsmen fall out 54 min 54 Chapter 54: Has a Tragical Ending 20 min 55 Chapter 55: Barnes's Skeleton Closet 29 min 56 Chapter 56: Rosa quo locorum sera moratur 22 min 57 Chapter 57: Rosebury and Newcome 56 min 58 Chapter 58: "One more Unfortunate" 21 min 59 Chapter 59: In which Achilles loses Briseis 1 h 1 min 60 Chapter 60: In which we write to the Colonel 11 min 61 Chapter 61: In which we are introduced to a New Newcome 16 min 62 Chapter 62: Mr. and Mrs. Clive Newcome 26 min 63 Chapter 63: Mrs. Clive at Home 28 min 64 Chapter 64: Absit Omen 18 min 65 Chapter 65: In which Mrs. Clive comes into her Fortune 35 min 66 Chapter 66: In which the Colonel and the Newcome Athenaeum are both lectured 29 min 67 Chapter 67: Newcome and Liberty 23 min 68 Chapter 68: A Letter and a Reconciliation 18 min 69 Chapter 69: The Election 36 min 70 Chapter 70: Chiltern Hundreds 22 min 71 Chapter 71: In which Mrs. Clive Newcome's Carriage is ordered 32 min 72 Chapter 72: Belisarius 22 min 73 Chapter 73: In which Belisarius returns from Exile 27 min 74 Chapter 74: In which Clive begins the World 28 min 75 Chapter 75: Founder's Day at the Grey Friars 33 min 76 Chapter 76: Christmas at Rosebury 24 min 77 Chapter 77: The Shortest and Happiest in the Whole History 6 min 78 Chapter 78: In which the Author goes on a Pleasant Errand 24 min 79 Chapter 79: In which Old Friends come together 35 min 80 Chapter 80: In which the Colonel says "Adsum" when his Name is called 32 min
