The Newcomes
William Makepeace Thackeray
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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 (41 hr 34 min)
Capítulos
| Chapter 1: The Overture—After which the Curtain rises upon a Drinking Chorus | 36:01 | Leído por TR Love |
| Chapter 2: Colonel Newcome's Wild Oats | 42:10 | Leído por TR Love |
| Chapter 3: Colonel Newcome's Letter-box | 24:48 | Leído por C.Gilson |
| Chapter 4: In which the Author and the Hero resume their Acquaintance | 23:10 | Leído por C.Gilson |
| Chapter 5: Clive's Uncles | 46:55 | Leído por jenno |
| Chapter 6: Newcome Brothers | 28:02 | Leído por Matea Bracic |
| Chapter 7: In which Mr. Clive's School-days are over | 23:00 | Leído por Ariphron |
| Chapter 8: Mrs. Newcome at Home (a Small Early Party) | 46:23 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 9: Miss Honeyman's | 43:14 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 10: Ethel and her Relations | 25:41 | Leído por Ryan Lohner |
| Chapter 11: At Mrs. Ridley's | 33:11 | Leído por Ryan Lohner |
| Chapter 12: In which everybody is asked to Dinner | 20:33 | Leído por Tad Davis |
| Chapter 13: In which Thomas Newcome sings his Last Song | 21:05 | Leído por Ariphron |
| Chapter 14: Park Lane | 32:57 | Leído por Alysson Light |
| Chapter 15: The Old Ladies | 29:04 | Leído por Alysson Light |
| Chapter 16: In which Mr. Sherrick lets his House in Fitzroy Square | 17:02 | Leído por Alysson Light |
| Chapter 17: A School of Art | 26:03 | Leído por Christoph Stangenberg |
| Chapter 18: New Companions | 14:57 | Leído por Christoph Stangenberg |
| Chapter 19: The Colonel at Home | 22:18 | Leído por Christoph Stangenberg |
| Chapter 20: Contains more Particulars of the Colonel and his Brethren | 22:24 | Leído por Maddie Burns |
| Chapter 21: Is Sentimental, but Short | 26:56 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 22: Describes a Visit to Paris; with Accidents and Incidents | 42:53 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 23: In which we hear a Soprano and a Contralto | 41:21 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 24: In which the Newcome Brothers once more meet together in Unity | 38:54 | Leído por Ariphron |
| Chapter 25: Is passed in a Public-house | 35:36 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 26: In which Colonel Newcome's Horses are sold | 31:58 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 27: Youth and Sunshine | 28:38 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 28: In which Clive begins to see the World | 1:01:22 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 29: In which Barnes comes a-wooing | 27:03 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 30: A Retreat | 44:21 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 31: Madame la Duchesse | 38:37 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 32: Barnes's Courtship | 25:25 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 33: Lady Kew at the Congress | 29:51 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 34: The End of the Congress of Baden | 55:36 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 35: Across the Alps | 23:17 | Leído por czandra |
| Chapter 36: In which M. de Florac is promoted | 37:45 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 37: Return to Lord Kew | 21:52 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 38: In which Lady Kew leaves his Lordship quite convalescent | 35:49 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 39: Amongst the Painters | 40:03 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 40: Returns from Rome to Pall Mall | 26:53 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 41: An Old Story | 41:57 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 42: Injured Innocence | 38:51 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 43: Returns to some Old Friends | 32:26 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 44: In which Mr. Charles Honeyman appears in an Amiable Light | 39:40 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 45: A Stag of Ten | 22:27 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 46: The Hotel de Florac | 33:17 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 47: Contains two or three Acts of a Little Comedy | 55:00 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 48: In which Benedick is a Married Man | 30:24 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 49: Contains at least six more Courses and two Desserts | 26:11 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 50: Clive in New Quarters | 22:04 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 51: An Old Friend | 26:01 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 52: Family Secrets | 32:34 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 53: In which Kinsmen fall out | 53:57 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 54: Has a Tragical Ending | 20:16 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 55: Barnes's Skeleton Closet | 29:16 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 56: Rosa quo locorum sera moratur | 22:12 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 57: Rosebury and Newcome | 55:30 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 58: “One more Unfortunate” | 21:02 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 59: In which Achilles loses Briseis | 1:00:42 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 60: In which we write to the Colonel | 10:43 | Leído por Aysh |
| Chapter 61: In which we are introduced to a New Newcome | 16:00 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 62: Mr. and Mrs. Clive Newcome | 26:17 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 63: Mrs. Clive at Home | 27:54 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 64: Absit Omen | 18:03 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 65: In which Mrs. Clive comes into her Fortune | 35:10 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 66: In which the Colonel and the Newcome Athenaeum are both lectured | 29:29 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 67: Newcome and Liberty | 22:57 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 68: A Letter and a Reconciliation | 18:08 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 69: The Election | 36:11 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 70: Chiltern Hundreds | 21:49 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 71: In which Mrs. Clive Newcome's Carriage is ordered | 32:30 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 72: Belisarius | 21:42 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 73: In which Belisarius returns from Exile | 26:32 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 74: In which Clive begins the World | 28:21 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 75: Founder's Day at the Grey Friars | 32:55 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 76: Christmas at Rosebury | 23:32 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 77: The Shortest and Happiest in the Whole History | 5:54 | Leído por Maddie Burns |
| Chapter 78: In which the Author goes on a Pleasant Errand | 23:58 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 79: In which Old Friends come together | 35:26 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Chapter 80: In which the Colonel says “Adsum” when his Name is called | 32:02 | Leído por Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |