Project Gutenberg 2011-12-26 Public domain in the USA. 181 Zangwill, Israel 1864 1926 Zangwill, I. (Israel) The King of Schnorrers: Grotesques and Fantasies The King of Schnorrers -- The semi-sentimental dragon -- An honest log-roller -- A tragi-comedy of creeds -- The memory clearing house -- Mated by a waiter -- The principal boy -- An odd life -- Cheating the gallows -- Santa Claus -- A rose of the Ghetto -- A double-barrelled ghost -- Vagaries of a viscount -- The queen's triplets -- A successful operation -- Flutter-Duck: a Ghetto grotesque. Produced by David Edwards, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The King of Schnorrers: Grotesques and Fantasies" by Israel Zangwill is a fictional work written in the late 19th century. This novel employs humor and social commentary to explore the lives of Jewish beggars, or schnorrers, in London during the close of the 18th century. Central to the narrative is Joseph Grobstock, a wealthy man whose encounters with the unique character Manasseh Bueno Barzillai Azevedo da Costa, a schnorrer, set up a series of comic misunderstandings that reveal the contrasts between wealth, charity, and identity within the Jewish community. The opening of the novel introduces us to the bustling scene outside a synagogue as Joseph Grobstock emerges, eager to distribute alms to a crowd of beggars waiting outside—a motley collection of schnorrers, each with their own story. With humor and a dash of mischief, Grobstock hands out packets of coins, delighting in the reactions of the crowds when they discover the varied contents within. However, when he mistakenly offers a packet to Manasseh, a highly intelligent and proud schnorrer, the interaction flips, leading to a clash of classes and a humorous exploration of charity, entitlement, and communal bonds. This initial encounter sets the stage for a complex relationship that blurs the lines between benefactor and beggar, ultimately illuminating social dynamics and cultural identity within the backdrop of Jewish life in England. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38413/38413-h/images/cover.jpg en Humorous stories London (England) -- Fiction Jewish fiction Jews -- England -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 668325 668374 2024-09-16T08:15:54.115247 2023-09-17T03:33:38.072064 text/html text/html 672633 2012-01-23T13:46:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2879002 2012-01-23T13:46:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2961702 2024-09-16T08:16:05.718990 application/epub+zip 2969961 2024-09-16T08:15:56.571069 application/epub+zip 481378 2024-09-16T08:15:55.458066 application/epub+zip 3143454 2024-09-16T08:16:12.090016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2928176 2024-09-16T08:16:04.458004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453241 2022-09-17T13:54:28.134628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 602393 602186 2024-09-16T08:15:51.496076 2023-09-17T03:33:35.841063 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 601894 2012-01-23T13:46:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 240591 2012-01-23T13:46:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 601895 2012-01-23T13:46:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 240486 2012-01-23T13:46:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21885 2024-09-16T08:16:12.261952 application/rdf+xml 14979 2024-09-16T08:15:55.590059 image/jpeg 2069 2024-09-16T08:15:55.524058 image/jpeg 2899838 2024-09-16T08:15:54.445058 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