Project Gutenberg 2008-12-05 Public domain in the USA. 124 Glass, Montague 1877 1934 Glass, Montague Marsden Marsden, Montague Glass 12024207 Elkan Lubliner, American Produced by C. St. Charleskindt, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Elkan Lubliner, American" by Montague Glass is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the character Elkan Lubliner and his experiences as he navigates life as an immigrant in America. The narrative explores themes of family, cultural challenges, and the dynamics of business relationships in a humorous and engaging manner. The opening of the book introduces us to Marcus Polatkin and Philip Scheikowitz, partners in a clothing business, as they discuss family matters related to Philip's brother-in-law, who is trying to emigrate from Russia. Their conversation is filled with humor and cultural references that illustrate their backgrounds and the immigrant experience. The focus soon shifts to the arrival of Philip's nephew, Elkan Lubliner, who is expected to come work at their store. However, complications arise when it is revealed that Elkan's father has gambled away the money sent for his passage, prompting questions about family honor and trust. This sets the tone for the unfolding drama, highlighting family ties, identity challenges, and the comedic misunderstandings of immigrant life in America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction Clothing workers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 475994 476003 2024-09-11T13:11:25.533684 2023-09-12T06:58:15.887448 text/html text/html 483996 2021-01-04T11:43:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 204665 2021-01-04T11:43:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 235450 2024-09-11T13:11:33.832606 application/epub+zip 236774 2024-09-11T13:11:26.842661 application/epub+zip 218939 2024-09-11T13:11:26.194647 application/epub+zip 385389 2024-09-11T13:11:38.616586 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 344087 2024-09-11T13:11:33.080646 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326665 2022-09-12T14:33:59.556911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 434349 434242 2024-09-11T13:11:23.816704 2023-09-12T06:58:14.294411 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 434085 2021-01-04T11:43:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 153477 2021-01-04T11:43:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 434094 2021-01-04T11:43:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153402 2021-01-04T11:43:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20907 2024-09-11T13:11:38.760601 application/rdf+xml 14499 2024-09-11T13:11:26.302645 image/jpeg 3542 2024-09-11T13:11:26.249627 image/jpeg 204158 2024-09-11T13:11:25.579645 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 en.wikipedia