{"product_id":"children-of-the-ghetto-a-study-of-a-peculiar-people-paperback","title":"Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsrael Zangwill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People\u003c\/i\u003e (1892) is a novel by Israel Zangwill. Raised in London by parents from Latvia and Poland, Zangwill understood the plight of the city's Jewish community firsthand. Having risen through poverty to become an educator and author, he dedicated his career to the voiceless, the oppressed, and the needy, advocating for their rights and bearing witness to their suffering in some of the most powerful novels and stories of the Victorian era. \"People who have been living in a Ghetto for a couple of centuries, are not able to step outside merely because the gates are thrown down, nor to efface the brands on their souls by putting off the yellow badges. The isolation imposed from without will have come to seem the law of their being.\" As a Jewish immigrant who grew up in poverty in London, Israel Zangwill knows that the condition of life in the ghetto changes not just lives, but mentalities. Even if the Jews living in squalor on the East End of London were given the same rights as native Britons, they would still live with fear and doubt every day of their lives. In the first novel of his Ghetto series, Zangwill explores the day to day existence of these very people, illuminating their hopes and their dreams, illustrating their struggle to uphold traditions threatened by assimilation and the increasing secularism of modern life. The tales of Jewish life in \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People\u003c\/i\u003e earned Zangwill comparisons to Dickens upon publication, and helped to establish him as an author with a gift for intensive character study and a passion for political themes. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Israel Zangwill's \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of British literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving immigrated in search of a better life, thousands of orthodox Jews find themselves confined to a desperately crowded London ghetto. As they restart their lives, many of these people--who largely hail from eastern Europe--succumb to poverty, despair, and disease. \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel by Israel Zangwill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759486697760,"sku":"9781513216478","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/388298402cb611f4e9467c4fe1f49a7e.webp?v=1780154227","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/children-of-the-ghetto-a-study-of-a-peculiar-people-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}