Yentl the Yeshiva Boy (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Plot: Folktale
- Time of Work: The late nineteenth century
- Setting: The villages of Yanev, Bechev, and Lublin, Poland
- Principal Characters: Yentl (“Anshel”), Avigdor, Alter Vishkower, Hadass, Peshe
- Genres: Short fiction, Folklore
- Subjects: Love or romance, Education or educators, Marriage, Feminism, Jews or Jewish life, Judaism, Talmud
- Locales: Poland, Lublin, Poland
The Story
In the nineteenth century in the shtetls of Eastern Europe, the villages populated almost entirely by Jews, the study of Torah and Talmud is prohibited to females. In the village of Yanev, however, Yentl has pursued such studies, the passion of her life, in secret under the tutelage of her father, who recognizes that his daughter is somehow different from all the other girls of the community. Yentl, tall and bony, has little interest in the running of a household. Rather than cooking or darning socks, studying her father's books is the very center of her life. Yentl,...
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