THE UPSTART: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 12100013B64850
English Summary/英文概要： Suddenly risen to power and influence, Samuel Fairbrother, manufacturer and retailer of boots, shoes and clogs, decided that his new station in life deserved a more imposing residence. Accordingly he bought himself a thirty-four-roomed mansion situated on the outskirts of Fellburn. With the house came the butler, Maitland, who at once made plain his belief that Samuel, far from the gentleman his predecessor had been, was no more than an upstart.
So began a clash of wills between master and man, at which Samuel Fairbrother discovered he was at a distinct disadvantage, for Maitland was well skilled in the art of maintaining his indispensability. Fairbrother, for his part, was only too aware that he dare not dispense with Maitland’s services. And so an uneasy truce was declared between them.
As the years went by and the century turned, Samuel Fairbrother saw his children, one by one, leave the big house to make lives of their own - all except his eldest daughter Janet who, by means of a legacy, was enabled to shape the destiny of her father’s scattered family and effect the reconciliation that he thought was impossible.
The Upstart is yet another brilliant example of Catherine Cookson’s supreme ability to capture the conflict of class in the society of the late nineteenth century.(less)
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一部讲述在19世纪时期，财富、家庭关系和阶级冲突的迷人故事。
突然发家致富的制造商和鞋类零售商，塞缪尔•菲儿布罗泽决定为了重新定位自己的地位，应该先置办房产。在为自己在郊外购置了一所豪宅，并配备了男管家，麦特兰德，这位管家很快地就发现这位房主和前任的有所不同，这位主人身上没有丝毫的自命不凡的贵族之气。
于是主仆二人之间的意愿发生了碰撞，对于房主萨缪尔•菲儿布罗泽来说，他明显处于一个不利的地势地位，而对于管家麦特兰德，他却能非常艺术性地去处理自己与这位新主人的关系。而菲儿布罗泽自己也当然清楚地意识到无法或缺这位管家对自己的精心服侍。因此二人就此宣布停战。
岁月流逝，塞缪尔•菲儿布罗泽看着自己的子孙们一个个就此在自己的希翼下长大，离去，除了他的大女儿詹妮特，依靠遗产，还能驻留在这个家中，在他视作不可能的情况下，调和着主仆之间的矛盾…… (Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 凯瑟琳•库克森在1906年出生于凯蒂马克穆伦（Katie McMullen），四十岁时才开始写作，但在九十多岁辞世时已写下逾90本书。她生长在泰恩河畔，周围是贫瘠的梯田，这成为她许多作品的背景。她的小说以19世纪的生活为背景，场景往往设定在采矿场、造船场、农场及附近的乡郊，描写英格兰东北部人民的爱情、悲哀、艰辛和战胜灾难的喜悦。尽管她的小说生动描写了英格兰东北部的生活，但实际上她在22岁时便已移居南部沿海城市哈士汀（Hastings）定居，直到70多岁时才重返故里。
南泰恩塞德区是极具“凯瑟琳库克森风格”的乡郊，处处可见她曾亲身经历及小说中描写的景象和场景，包括历史悠久、风景如画的维斯托村（Westoe Village），位于南希尔兹(South Shields)中心的恬静之所。她的许多作品均以此地为背景，如凯蒂穆赫兰德（Katie Mulholland）、凯特汉尼根（Kate Hannigan）及哈罗格街（Harrogate Street）。圣彼得及圣保罗（St Peter and St Paul）教堂是凯瑟琳年轻时做礼拜的地方，她的小说《鲁尼》（Rooney）对此有过描述。
滨海单车径(Coast to Coast Cycle Route)末段沿泰恩河穿过该地区北部，直达纽卡索（Newcastle）。哈德里安城墙国家步道(Hadrian’s Wall Path National Trail)穿过纽卡索，沿泰恩河而行，可通往附近的乡郊。
Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, whom she believed to be her older sister. She began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and married Tom Cookson, a local grammar-school master.
Although she was originally acclaimed as a regional writer - her novel The Round Tower won the Winifred Holtby Award for the best regional novel of 1968 - her readership quickly spread throughout the world, and her many best-selling novels established her as one of the most popular of contemporary women novelists.
After receiving an OBE in 1985, Catherine Cookson was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993. She was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford, in 1997.
For many years she lived near Newcastle upon Tyne. She died shortly before her ninety-second birthday, in June 1998.
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