Children of the Ghetto (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Israel Zangwill
- First Published: 1892
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Ethnocentric realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Moses Ansell, Esther, Hannah Jacobs, Reb Shemuel Jacobs, David Brandon, Melchitsekek Pinchas, Mrs. Henry Goldsmith, Raphael Leon, Rabbi Joseph Strelitski, Debby
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism
- Subjects: Parents and children, Tradition, Nineteenth century, Poverty or poor people, Immigration or emigration, England or English people, Jews or Jewish life, London
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
Moses Ansell accepted poverty as the natural condition of the chosen people. A pious man, he observed all the rituals of his religion; but even his meek wife, before she died, realized that he should have spent less time in prayer and more time working. His family consisted of Esther, a serious young girl, two smaller sons, a little daughter, and their complaining grandmother. The Ansells lived in one room in the ghetto. When the mother died, Benjamin, an older son, had been put in an orphanage.
One night, Esther returned from the soup kitchen with a pitcher...
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