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Publisher's Synopsis

The Rise of David Levinsky, written by the legendary founder and editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, is an early Jewish-American classic. According to the scholar Sam B. Girgus, "The novel is more than an important literary work and cultural document. It forms part of the traditional ritual of renewal of the American Way."

First published in 1917, Abraham Cahan's realistic novel tells the story of a young talmudic scholar who emigrates from a small town in Russia to the melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York City. As the Jewish "greenhorn" rises from the depths of poverty to become a millionaire garment merchant, he discovers the unbearably high price of assimilation.

Book information

ISBN: 9780375757983
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Imprint: Modern Library
Pub date:
Edition: New Edition
DEWEY: 813.4
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 530
Weight: 652g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 32mm