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Children of the Ghetto

First published: 1892
Pages: 710

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Proem
32:46
Chap 1 The Bread of Affliction
22:16
Chap 2.1 The Sweater
18:56
Chap 2.2 The Sweater
27:32
Chap 3 Beauty & the Beast
13:36
Chap 4 Petticoat Lane
11:30
Chap 5.1 Malka
18:41
Chap 5.2 Malka
21:41
Chap 6.1 The Redemption of...
18:46
Chap 6.2 The Redemption of...
28:32
Chap 7 The Pauper Alien
18:42
Chap 8 The Wisdom of Solomon
18:06
Chap 9 Reb Shemuel
24:24
Chap 10.1 The Neo-Hebrew Poet
24:10
Chap 10.2 The Neo-Hebrew Poet
13:51
Chap 11.1 Esther and her Children
19:26
Chap 11.2 Esther and her Children
20:08
Chap 12 Dutch Debby
20:43
Chap 13 A Silent Family
17:20
Chap 14.1 The Purim Ball
16:15
Chap 14.2 The Purim Ball
19:13
Chap 15.1 Sons of the Commandment
15:35
Chap 15.2 Sons of the Commandment
23:22
Chap 16 Sugarman's Bar Mitzvah Party
31:47
Chap 17.1 The Hope of the Family
23:15
Chap 17.2 The Hope of the Family
11:19
Chap 18.1 The Holy Land League
18:29
Chap 18.2 The Holy Land League
22:58
Chap 19.1 The Courtship of Shosshi Shmendrik
23:49
Chap 19.2 The Courtship of Shosshi Shmendrik
22:27
Chap 20.1 The Hyams' Honeymoon
19:47
Chap 20.2 The Hyams' Honeymoon
14:52
Chap 21.1 The Hebrews' Friday Night
16:29
Chap 21.2 The Hebrews' Friday Night
21:17
Chap 22.1 With the Strikers
18:11
Chap 22.2 With the Strikers
24:51
Chap 23.1 The Hope Extinct
14:52
Chap 23.2 The Hope Extinct
15:16
Chap 24 The Jargon Players
17:54
Chap 25 Auld Lang Syne
24:22
Chap 26 The Dead Monkey
24:01
Chap 27.1 The Shadow of Religion
17:41
Chap 27.2 The Shadow of Religion
14:53
Chap 28.1 Seder Night
25:03
Chap 28.2 Seder Night
28:35

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About this book

London's East End in the 1880s comes alive in this portrait of the Jewish immigrants crowded into Whitechapel, poor, devout, and pulled between the old faith and the new country around them. Following families like the Ansells through hunger, arranged marriages, and quarrels over ritual and belief, the novel traces the widening gap between elders clinging to orthodoxy and children drawn toward English life and its compromises. Zangwill, who grew up in that world, writes with humor and unsparing honesty rather than sentiment, which earned him the nickname the Dickens of the Ghetto. A landmark of Anglo-Jewish fiction and a vivid social document. Free to read as a PDF and EPUB edition.

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Israel Zangwill

Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) was an English writer and prominent Jewish intellectual, best known for "Children of the Ghetto" and for popularizing the phrase "the melting pot." A humorist, playwright, and tireless campaigner for social causes, he brought sharp observation and comic energy to everything he wrote.