Samuel Titmarsh, a modest London insurance clerk, is given an ugly old brooch by his rich aunt Hoggarty, and has the diamond reset as a pin. It attracts the notice of his employer, the plausible Mr. Brough, and lifts Sam into society and promotion as the West Diddlesex company swells toward collapse.
A short, sharp comedy of speculation and snobbery by the author of Vanity Fair. Download the free EPUB.