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Grotesques and Fantasies

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Israel Zangwill - Grotesques and Fantasies

A set of often funny, sometimes tragic stories by Israel Zangwill. Most famous for his scathingly accurate portrayals of the Jewish ghetto, these stories have a wider stage, poking fun at social conventions and...

Mike Pelton and 9 more 6 hours 39 minutes

Melting Pot

Drama

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Israel Zangwill - Melting Pot

Russian-Jew David Quixano has come to America after surviving a pogrom which has killed his family. He has written a symphony which embodies his vision of America as a melting pot, into which people from all the...

TriciaG 4 hours 9 minutes

Children of the Ghetto

Historical Fiction

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Israel Zangwill - Children of the Ghetto

In this 1892 novel of London's Jewish East End, Israel Zangwill sets the apparently irrational and decidedly indecorous religious practices of transplanted eastern European Jews against the forces of assimilation....

Adrian Praetzellis 15 hours 17 minutes

Old Maids' Club

Humorous Fiction

555

Israel Zangwill - Old Maids' Club

Mathematics vs. poetry: Brainy and beautiful 17-year-old Lillie, determined to never marry, begins an Old Maids' Club, while patient young Lord Silverdale advises, observes, and writes appropriate poetry. Candidates...

TriciaG 9 hours 30 minutes

Big Bow Mystery

Detective Fiction

511

Israel Zangwill - Big Bow Mystery

It's a cold and foggy night in London. A man is horribly murdered in his bedroom, the door locked and bolted on the inside. Scotland Yard is stumped. Yet the seemingly unsolvable case has, as Inspector Grodman says,...

Adrian Praetzellis 5 hours 5 minutes

King of Schnorrers

General Fiction

516

Israel Zangwill - King of Schnorrers

Manasseh da Costa, protagonist of this hilarious novel, is a schnorrer (beggar) who lives on the charitable contributions of the Jews of late 18th-century London. Manasseh is far from being a humble panhandler for,...

Adrian Praetzellis 4 hours 25 minutes

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