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The Melting-Pot : With a Chapter from English Humorists of To-Day by J. A. Hammerton, Paperback / softback Book

The Melting-Pot : With a Chapter from English Humorists of To-Day by J. A. Hammerton Paperback / softback

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"The Melting Pot" is a play by Israel Zangwill. First performed in 1908, it tells the story of the Quixanos, a Russian Jewish immigrant family.

In an attempt to forget the horrors of his time spent in a pogrom that killed his sister and mother, David Quixanos writes an "American Symphony" that harks forward to a fairer and safer society devoid of ethnic divisions.

After falling in love with a Russian Christian immigrant named Vera, David is forced to confront the man responsible for his family's treatment in the pogrom: Vera's Father.

Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) was a British author. He was a leading figure in cultural Zionism during the 19th century, as well as close friend of Theodor Herzl.

In later life, he renounced the seeking of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Other notable works by this author include: "Dreamers of the Ghetto" (1898), "Ghetto Tragedies" (1899), and "Ghetto Comedies" (1907).

This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter from "English Humourists of To-Day" by J.

A. Hammerton.

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