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The Cobbler’s Daughter
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Samuel Fairbrother rises from cobbler to prosperous shoe manufacturer and purchases a great house as proof that he has escaped his origins. The move brings him into conflict with Maitland, the imposing butler who understands the codes of the household better than its new owner and refuses to treat wealth as the same thing as gentility.
Between the two men stands Samuel’s daughter Janet, whose future becomes entangled in their contest over authority and class. The novel follows the Fairbrothers’ attempt to enter a social world that accepts their money while resisting their presence, exposing the human cost of ambition and resentment.
This book has also been published under the title The Upstart.
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