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  • Ghetto Tragedies

    by I. Zangwill ...
    In "Ghetto Tragedies," Zangwill presents a series of vignettes that depict the lives of Jewish immigrants in the East End of London, particularly in the Jewish ghetto. The stories delve into the struggles, triumphs, and tragedies of individuals and families living in impoverished conditions and facing societal discrimination.Through his poignant narratives, Zangwill sheds light on the human ... Read more

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  • Dreamers of the Ghetto

    by I. Zangwill ...
    "Dreamers of the Ghetto" is a collection of short stories that depict the lives of Jewish characters living in various European and American ghettos during the 19th century. Through these stories, Zangwill explores themes of identity, assimilation, tradition, and the struggle for social and religious freedom.The collection includes tales of love, hardship, ambition, and resilience, offering a ... Read more

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  • Dreamers of the Ghetto

    by I. Zangwill ...
    Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) was an English humourist and writer. Zangwill wrote the influential novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People (1892). The use of the metaphorical phrase “melting pot” to describe American absorption of immigrants was popularized by his play The Melting Pot, a hit in the United States in 1908.He also wrote mystery works, such as The Big Bow Mystery and ... Read more

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  • The Big Bow Mystery

    by I. Zangwill ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Israel Zangwill (January 21, 1864 - August 1, 1926) was an English humourist and writer." ... Read more

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  • The Old Maids' Club

    The story revolves around a group of women who form "The Old Maids' Club," a society dedicated to the ideal of remaining unmarried. The club's founder, Lillie Dulcimer, is a young woman of independent spirit who believes that women should not feel compelled to marry simply because of societal expectations. She is determined to lead a life of freedom and intellectual pursuit rather than conform to ... Read more

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  • Dreamers of The Ghetto

    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Tug of Love, The

    From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

    Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

    Unabridged

    13 min

    Israel Zangwill was born in London on 21st January 1864, to a family of Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire.Zangwill was initially educated in Plymouth and Bristol. At age 9 he was enrolled in the Jews' Free School in Spitalfields in east London. Zangwill excelled here. He began to teach part-time at the school and eventually full time. Whilst teaching he also studied with the University of ... Read more

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  • The Melting Pot

    The Melting Pot is the third of the writer's plays to be published in book form, though the first of the three in order of composition. But unlike The War God and The Next Religion, which are dramatisations of the spiritual duels of our time, The Melting Pot sprang directly from the author's concrete experience as President of the Emigration Regulation Department of the Jewish Territorial ... Read more

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    Children of the Ghetto

    Narrated by Julian Ruiz, Miles Turner ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 5 min

    In its first appearance in 1892, Israel Zangwill's Children of the Ghetto created a sensation in both England and America, becoming the first Anglo-Jewish bestseller and establishing Zangwill as the literary voice of Anglo-Jewry. A novel set in late nineteenth-century London, Children of the Ghetto gave an inside look into an immigrant community that was almost as mysterious to the more ... Read more

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  • British Mystery Multipack Volume 8

    The original whodunits were the locked room mysteries, a sub-genre of the detective mystery in which a crime is committed—almost always murder— in a location that no intruder could have entered or left, e.g., a locked room. There have been many ingenious twists on the motif since it first flourished in the late 1890s and early 1900s, as can be seen in the classic collection that makes up British ... Read more

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  • The Big Bow Mystery

    In the very first locked-room mystery, a wealthy man dedicated to helping London's working classes is brutally murderedOn a gloomy December morning in the East End, a landlady asks former police inspector George Grodman to help rouse her unresponsive tenant, Arthur Constant. Forced to break down the labor activist's door, Grodman discovers Constant's body, his throat gruesomely slit. With every ... Read more

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    Poetry Of Israel Zangwill, The

    Unabridged

    1 hour 2 min

    Israel Zangwill was born in London on 21st January 1864, to a family of Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire.Zangwill was initially educated in Plymouth and Bristol. At age 9 he was enrolled in the Jews' Free School in Spitalfields in east London. Zangwill excelled here. He began to teach part-time at the school and eventually full time. Whilst teaching he also studied with the University of ... Read more

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