The King of Schnorrers
Author Israel Zangwill best typifed the comic spirit of London's Jewish ghetto by immortalizing the schnorrer (beggar) — in particular, the character of Manasseh Bueno Barzillai Azevedo da Costa, a Sephardic panhandler who developed begging into a fine art. The robust and often hilarious tale tells how Manasseh combines insolence with resourcefulness to reduce London's best-known philanthropist to a fish handler; how he reacts to his daughter's love for a socially inferior beggar; and how he manages to parlay her marriage into a life-time pension for himself from his synagogue. Brimming with wit and wisdom and widely regarded as one of the author's most enduring works, The King of Schnorrers is a literary gem offering hours of entertaining humor and satire.
- Author
- Israel Zangwill
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 128
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780486428727
- Genres
- fiction, humor, classics, novels, jewish, audiobook
- Release date
- 2003
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