A Rose of the Ghetto - A Short Story: With a Chapter From English Humorists of To-day by J. A. Hammerton

By Israel Zangwill and J. A. Hammerton

“A Rose of the Ghetto” is a 1919 short story by British author Israel Zangwill (1864–1926). This amusing tale of English countryside and customs is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Zangwill's much-celebrated work.
Zangwill was a leading figure in cultural Zionism during the 19th century, as well as close friend of father of modern political Zionism, Theodor Herzl. In later life, he renounced the seeking of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. A notable portion of Zangwill's work concentrated on ghetto life and earned him the nickname "the Dickens of the Ghetto". This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter from “English Humourists of To-Day” by J. A. Hammerton.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read & Co. Books
• Release date: May 26, 2020
• ISBN: 9781528789929

Israel Zangwill

Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) was a British writer. Born in London, Zangwill was raised in a family of Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire. Alongside his brother Louis, a novelist, Zangwill was educated at the Jews’ Free School in Spitalfields, where he studied secular and religious subjects. He excelled early on and was made a teacher in his teens before studying for his BA at the University of London. After graduating in 1884, Zangwill began publishing under various pseudonyms, finding editing work with Ariel and The London Puck to support himself. His first novel, Children of the Ghetto: A Study of Peculiar People (1892), was published to popular and critical acclaim, earning praise from prominent Victorian novelist George Gissing. His play The Melting Pot (1908) was a resounding success in the United States and was regarded by Theodore Roosevelt as “among the very strong and real influences upon [his] thought and [his] life.” He spent his life in dedication to various political and social causes. An early Zionist and follower of Theodor Herzl, he later withdrew his support in favor of territorialism after he discovered that “Palestine proper has already its inhabitants.” Despite distancing himself from the Zionist community, he continued to advocate on behalf of the Jewish people and to promote the ideals of feminism alongside his wife Edith Ayrton, a prominent author and activist.

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A ROSE

OF THE GHETTO

A SHORT STORY

WITH A CHAPTER FROM

English Humorists of To-day

BY J. A. Hammerton

By

ISRAEL ZANGWILL

First published in 1894

This edition published by Read Books Ltd.

Copyright © 2019 Read Books Ltd.

This book is copyright and may not be

reproduced or copied in any way without

the express permission of the publisher in writing

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

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Contents

Israel Zangwill

A ROSE OF THE GHETTO

Israel Zangwill

Israel Zangwill

This picture though it is not much

Like Zangwill, is not void of worth

It has one true Zangwillian touch

It looks like nothing else on earth.

Oliver Herford

Confessions of a Caricaturist,

Perhaps some one will suggest that Mr. Israel Zangwill is a humorist only as one whom we loved long since and lost awhile, because of late years — indeed, for more than a decade — little that is entirely humorous has come from his pen. On the other hand, he has never been a humorist who inspires affection: he is somewhat too intellectual for that. There is no novelist who, with greater justice, takes himself and his art more seriously than Mr. Zangwill has