Israel Zangwill
Zangwill was the first major English-language novelist to depict Jewish immigrant life with insider knowledge and literary seriousness. Children of the Ghetto brought the East End Jewish community to a wide readership and shaped the genre of immigrant fiction.
Works
- Children of the GhettoNovel depicting Jewish life in Victorian East London ghetto communities
- The King of SchnorrersComic novel of Jewish beggars and swindlers in East London
- Ghetto TragediesCollection of tragic stories set within Jewish communities of Victorian London
- Dreamers of the GhettoHistorical and biographical sketches of Jewish visionaries and thinkers
- The Mantle of Elijah