9781406784176 - Dreamers of the Ghetto - Israel Zangwill
9781406784176 - Dreamers of the Ghetto - Israel Zangwill
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Dreamers of the Ghetto

A series of fictionalised biographies of notable Jewish thinkers including Spinoza and Heine. Zangwill explores the struggles of Jews trying to survive in the ignorant world of European Christian anti-Semitism at the turn of the century.

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Author

Israel Zangwill

Imprint

Read & Co. Classics

Categories

Biographical

Jewish

Urban Fiction

Fiction

ISBN

9781406784176, 9781528789943

Formats Available

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Pages

470

Publication Date

01 January 2017

Dimensions 5.5 × 8.5 in

“Dreamers of the Ghetto”, the 1898 novel by British author Israel Zangwill, is a series of fictionalised biographies of notable Jewish thinkers including Spinoza and Heine. In “Dreamers of the Ghetto”, Zangwill explores the struggles of Jews trying to survive in the ignorant world of European Christian anti-Semitism at the turn of the century.
Zangwill (1864–1926) was a leading figure in cultural Zionism during the 19th century, as well as close friend of father of modern political Zionism, Theodor Herzl. In later life, he renounced the seeking of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. A notable portion of Zangwill’s work concentrated on ghetto life and earned him the nickname “the Dickens of the Ghetto”. Other notable works by this author include: “The Master” (1907), “Ghetto Tragedies” (1899), and “Chosen Peoples” (1910). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter from “English Humourists of To-Day” by J. A. Hammerton.

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