Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto by Abraham Cahan
"Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto" by Abraham Cahan is a novella published in 1896. It follows Yekl, a Russian-Jewish immigrant who works in a sweatshop and eagerly embraces American culture. His new life unravels when his wife and son arrive from Russia, forcing him to confront the conflict between his Jewish roots and his American aspirations. Set in the vibrant world of New York's Jewish ghetto, the story explores
the painful tensions of assimilation and identity among immigrants caught between two worlds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 06021875 |
| Title | Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekl:_A_Tale_of_the_New_York_Ghetto |
| Credits | Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Jewish fiction |
| Subject | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 36715 |
| Release Date | Jul 12, 2011 |
| Most Recently Updated | Apr 27, 2022 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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