The NewcomesTHE NEWCOMESReading editionChapter navigation81 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE NEWCOMESChapter I · The Overture—After which the Curtain rises upon a Drinking ChorusChapter II · Colonel Newcome’s Wild OatsChapter III · Colonel Newcome’s Letter-boxChapter IV · In which the Author and the Hero resume their AcquaintanceChapter V · Clive’s UnclesChapter VI · Newcome BrothersChapter VII · In which Mr. Clive’s School-days are overChapter VIII · Mrs. Newcome at Home (a Small Early Party)Chapter IX · Miss Honeyman’sChapter X · Ethel and her RelationsChapter XI · At Mrs. Ridley’sChapter XII · In which everybody is asked to DinnerChapter XIII · In which Thomas Newcome sings his Last SongChapter XIV · Park LaneChapter XV · The Old LadiesChapter XVI · In which Mr. Sherrick lets his House in Fitzroy SquareChapter XVII · A School of ArtChapter XVIII · New CompanionsChapter XIX · The Colonel at HomeChapter XX · Contains more Particulars of the Colonel and his BrethrenChapter XXI · Is Sentimental, but ShortChapter XXII · Describes a Visit to Paris; with Accidents and Incidents in LondonChapter XXIII · In which we hear a Soprano and a ContraltoChapter XXIV · In which the Newcome Brothers once more meet together in UnityChapter XXV · Is passed in a Public-houseChapter XXVI · In which Colonel Newcome’s Horses are soldChapter XXVII · Youth and SunshineChapter XXVIII · In which Clive begins to see the WorldChapter XXIX · In which Barnes comes a-wooingChapter XXX · A RetreatChapter XXXI · Madame la DuchesseChapter XXXII · Barnes’s CourtshipChapter XXXIII · Lady Kew at the CongressChapter XXXIV · The End of the Congress of BadenChapter XXXV · Across the AlpsChapter XXXVI · In which M. de Florac is promotedChapter XXXVII · Returns to Lord KewChapter XXXVIII · In which Lady Kew leaves his Lordship quite convalescentChapter XXXIX · Amongst the PaintersChapter XL · Returns from Rome to Pall MallChapter XLI · An Old StoryChapter XLII · Injured InnocenceChapter XLIII · Returns to some Old FriendsChapter XLIV · In which Mr. Charles Honeyman appears in an Amiable LightChapter XLV · A Stag of TenChapter XLVI · The Hotel de FloracChapter XLVII · Contains two or three Acts of a Little ComedyChapter XLVIII · In which Benedick is a Married ManChapter XLIX · Contains at least six more Courses and two DessertsChapter L · Clive in New QuartersChapter LI · An Old FriendChapter LII · Family SecretsChapter LIII · In which Kinsmen fall outChapter LIV · Has a Tragical EndingChapter LV · Barnes’s Skeleton ClosetChapter LVI · Rosa quo locorum sera moraturChapter LVII · Rosebury and NewcomeChapter LVIII · “One more Unfortunate”Chapter LIX · In which Achilles loses BriseisChapter LX · In which we write to the ColonelChapter LXI · In which we are introduced to a New NewcomeChapter LXII · Mr. and Mrs. Clive NewcomeChapter LXIII · Mrs. Clive at HomeChapter LXIV · Absit OmenChapter LXV · In which Mrs. Clive comes into her FortuneChapter LXVI · In which the Colonel and the Newcome Athenæum are both lecturedChapter LXVII · Newcome and LibertyChapter LXVIII · A Letter and a ReconciliationChapter LXIX · The ElectionChapter LXX · Chiltern HundredsChapter LXXI · In which Mrs. Clive Newcome’s Carriage is orderedChapter LXXII · BelisariusChapter LXXIII · In which Belisarius returns from ExileChapter LXXIV · In which Clive begins the WorldChapter LXXV · Founder’s Day at the Grey FriarsChapter LXXVI · Christmas at RoseburyChapter LXXVII · The Shortest and Happiest in the Whole HistoryChapter LXXVIII · In which the Author goes on a Pleasant ErrandChapter LXXIX · In which Old Friends come togetherChapter LXXX · In which the Colonel says “Adsum” when his Name is calledBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Chapter I · The Overture—After which the Curtain rises upon a Drinking ChorusAll chapters and sections (81)Other sectionsTHE NEWCOMESChapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071727374757677787980MEMOIRS OF A MOST RESPECTABLE FAMILYEdited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq.By William Makepeace ThackerayCHAPTER I. The Overture—After which the Curtain rises upon a Drinking Chorus →