Project Gutenberg 2009-05-28 Public domain in the USA. 164 Zangwill, Israel 1864 1926 Zangwill, I. (Israel) Ghetto Comedies The model of sorrows -- Anglicization -- The Jewish trinity -- The Sabbath question in Sudminster -- The red mark -- The bearer of burdens -- The luftmensch -- The tug of love -- The Yiddish 'Hamlet' -- The converts -- Holy wedlock -- Elijah's goblet -- The hirelings -- Samooborona. E-text prepared by David Edwards, Jeannie Howse, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto) "Ghetto Comedies" by Israel Zangwill is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The stories focus on the experiences of Jewish characters living in the ghetto, capturing their struggles, identities, and relationships within a changing society. Through a blend of humor and tragedy, Zangwill illustrates the lives of these individuals, emphasizing the complexities and challenges they face in the pursuit of acceptance and belonging. The opening of "Ghetto Comedies" introduces the character of Israel Quarriar, a Jewish artist seeking a model for his painting of the Man of Sorrows. During his quest, he encounters Quarriar, a darkly bearded man sitting on a curb in Brighton, embodying the profound sadness he aims to depict. As the narrator learns about Quarriar's past—his escape from Russia and the hardships he endures in London—these early pages set the stage for a deeper exploration of themes such as suffering, identity, and the search for dignity in a cruel world. The initial chapters illustrate not only the personal history of the model but also hint at the collective history of the Jewish community, establishing a poignant backdrop for the stories that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Jews -- Fiction Jewish fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 682931 670649 2024-09-12T11:36:56.833847 2023-09-13T04:10:13.730915 text/html text/html 683949 2009-05-28T14:21:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 800688 2009-05-28T14:25:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 850722 2024-09-12T11:37:10.512397 application/epub+zip 856450 2024-09-12T11:36:59.824846 application/epub+zip 335606 2024-09-12T11:36:58.181885 application/epub+zip 1111894 2024-09-12T11:37:17.870270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1053471 2024-09-12T11:37:08.580363 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 534619 2022-09-13T12:28:55.190800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 611894 611643 2024-09-12T11:36:54.200860 2023-09-13T04:10:11.485932 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 611498 2009-05-28T14:15:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 242400 2009-05-28T14:15:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 611520 2009-05-28T14:15:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 242342 2009-05-28T14:15:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20902 2024-09-12T11:37:18.036236 application/rdf+xml 12751 2024-09-12T11:36:58.581849 image/jpeg 3368 2024-09-12T11:36:58.381859 image/jpeg 848571 2024-09-12T11:36:56.905891 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