Project Gutenberg 2009-08-31 Public domain in the USA. 566 Zangwill, Israel 1864 1926 Zangwill, I. (Israel) 04015346 Dreamers of the Ghetto Produced by David Edwards, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Dreamers of the Ghetto" by Israel Zangwill is a historical fiction work written in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the lives of Jewish figures who emerged from the Ghetto, emphasizing their artistic and philosophical struggles against societal constraints. Central to the narrative are characters who grapple with their identities and aspirations within the confines and traditions of their community. The opening of the book sets a reflective tone as the narrator introduces a child living in the Venetian Ghetto, recalling his life in the shadowy confines and rich cultural traditions of his community. The child looks out from his high window, absorbing the vibrant life of the Ghetto while remaining blissfully unaware of the outside world and the badges of shame carried by his people. From the child's perspective, the Ghetto feels magical and full of wonders, filled with the traditions and rituals that define his existence, until he begins to confront the harsh reality of his community's isolation and the psyche of its people. This initial glimpse establishes the deep emotional and cultural essence that will inform the themes throughout the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Jews -- Fiction Jewish fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1020122 1010605 2024-09-12T16:20:51.707861 2023-09-13T08:13:14.265789 text/html text/html 1027193 2009-08-31T07:49:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 407372 2009-08-31T07:49:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 481860 2024-09-12T16:21:08.280763 application/epub+zip 496251 2024-09-12T16:20:55.343818 application/epub+zip 489237 2024-09-12T16:20:53.374844 application/epub+zip 795282 2024-09-12T16:21:16.957716 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 734013 2024-09-12T16:21:05.847812 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 724827 2022-09-13T18:13:12.266157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 943564 2024-09-12T16:20:49.112845 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 943340 2009-08-31T07:49:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 382058 2009-08-31T07:49:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 943178 2009-08-31T07:49:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 381782 2009-08-31T07:49:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 943230 2009-08-31T07:49:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 381562 2009-08-31T07:49:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21888 2024-09-12T16:21:17.117726 application/rdf+xml 12161 2024-09-12T16:20:53.774832 image/jpeg 3569 2024-09-12T16:20:53.578837 image/jpeg 450480 2024-09-12T16:20:51.802885 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