Bread Givers: A Novel : a Struggle Between a Father of the Old World and a Daughter of the NewThis masterwork of American immigrant literature is set in the 1920's on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and tells the story of Sara Smolinsky, the daughter of an Orthodox rabbi, who rebels against her father's rigid conception of Jewish womanhood. Photos. |
Contents
THE SPEAKING MOUTH OF THE BLOCK | 24 |
THE BURDEN BEARER | 35 |
THE EMPTYHEAD | 53 |
Copyright | |
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ALICE KESSLER America Anzia Yezierska asked bargain beautiful began begged Berel Bernstein Bessie Bessie's better Bread Givers breath cash box cents clothes cook cried daughter diamonds dirt dollars door dowry dream dress empty excited eyes face Fania Father feet felt fish-peddler girls give a look Grand Street hair hand hate head heart Hester Street Holy Torah husband immigrant innocent eyes Jacob laughed lionaire live Lower East Side luck married Mashah matchmaker Max Goldstein Moe Mirsky Morris Lipkin Mother never night oilcloth old maid penny poor poverty pushcart pushed rent rich rushed Sara schnorrer shining shook shtetl sisters smile Smolinsky stared stood stopped talking tear tell things thought turned voice waiting walked What's wife window woman women worry Yenteh Yezierska young Zalmon
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