Project Gutenberg 2005-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 84 Haan, Jacob Israël de 1881 1924 Han, Jacob Israel den Jerusalem Reading ease score: 87.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Miranda van de Heijning and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Jerusalem" by Jacob Israël de Haan is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the lives of Jewish and Arab characters living in Jerusalem, exploring themes of love, culture, and the socio-political dynamics of the time. The initial focus is on Hamame, a Yemeni maid within a boys' orphanage, who is set to marry for the second time, despite her misgivings about love and the financial implications of her engagements. At the start of the narrative, readers are introduced to Hamame as she navigates the complexities surrounding her upcoming wedding. There are discussions about the expenses associated with the wedding, her estranged father, and past grievances with another character named Reine. The atmosphere is filled with the tension of personal relationships and community traditions, vividly portraying the cultural rituals amid the struggles of the characters. Through this detailed opening, the reader gets a poignant glimpse into both the private heartbreak and public celebration characteristic of life in early 20th-century Jerusalem. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Jerusalem -- Description and travel DS Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 147540 147539 2024-10-07T03:52:25.313027 2023-09-07T05:56:22.987272 text/html text/html 147101 2020-12-14T03:01:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 133882 2020-12-14T03:01:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 146704 2024-10-07T03:52:28.149010 application/epub+zip 146768 2024-10-07T03:52:25.885029 application/epub+zip 109011 2024-10-07T03:52:25.596041 application/epub+zip 205186 2024-10-07T03:52:30.141973 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 188251 2024-10-07T03:52:27.823031 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150767 2022-09-07T19:50:30.972761 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132729 132656 2024-10-07T03:52:25.007034 2023-09-07T05:56:22.708264 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 132406 2020-12-14T03:01:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 51627 2020-12-14T03:01:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19472 2024-10-07T03:52:30.264967 application/rdf+xml 18416 2024-10-07T03:52:25.661999 image/jpeg 2418 2024-10-07T03:52:25.628992 image/jpeg 133561 2024-10-07T03:52:25.332991 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog nl.wikipedia en.wikipedia