Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People

By Israel Zangwill

Book Overview

A dead and gone wag called the street "Fashion Street," and most of the people who live in it do not even see the joke. If it could exchange names with "Rotten Row," both places would be more appropriately designated. It is a dull, squalid, narrow thoroughfare in the East End of London, connecting Spitalfields with Whitechapel, and branching off in blind alleys. In the days when little Esther Ansell trudged its unclean pavements, its extremities were within earshot of the blasphemies from some of the vilest quarters and filthiest rookeries in the capital of the civilized world. Some of these clotted spiders'-webs have since been swept away by the besom of the social reformer, and the spiders have scurried off into darker crannies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517621755
• ISBN13: 9781517621759
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Achingly Realistic!

An amazing novel. So raw and forceful in its emotional timber; so incredibly heart wrenchingly real. A true tour de force. I loved every word of it!