The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1854 and 1855.
First edition title page
Clive and Ethel Newcome illustrated by George Alfred Williams
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick.
1855 daguerreotype of William Makepeace Thackeray by Jesse Harrison Whitehurst
Image: William Makepeace Thackeray's signature
Self Caricature by Thackeray
Thackeray portrayed by Eyre Crowe, 1845