The King of Schnorrers: Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill
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"The King of Schnorrers: Grotesques and Fantasies" by Israel Zangwill is a picaresque novel published in 1894. Set in England at the turn of the nineteenth century, it follows the cunning exploits of Manasseh Bueno Barzillai Azevedo da Costa, a Sephardi Jew who earns his title as the King of Schnorrers through wit and aristocratic pride. With his Ashkenazi sidekick, Manasseh navigates London's Jewish community, cleverly exploiting traditions of charity to turn
begging into an art form where the mendicant becomes master. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926 |
|---|---|
| Title | The King of Schnorrers: Grotesques and Fantasies |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Schnorrers |
| Contents | 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. |
| Credits |
Produced by David Edwards, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 74.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Humorous stories |
| Subject | London (England) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Jewish fiction |
| Subject | Jews -- England -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 38413 |
| Release Date | Dec 26, 2011 |
| Last Update | Jan 23, 2012 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 636 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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