The upstart
By: Catherine Cookson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780684843155
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Master and servant; Fiction
Description: A novel of class conflict in 19th century England, featuring a butler who advises a nouveau riche on how to be a gentleman. The upstart is Samuel Fairbrother, owner of a boot factory who buys a mansion, but doesn't know how to dress, eat or receive. To his consternation, his daughter falls in love with the butler. By the author of The Obsession.