The Rise of David Levinsky

Description

"The Rise of David Levinsky" by Abraham Cahan is a novel published in 1917. It tells the story of a Russian Jewish immigrant's journey from abject poverty to wealth in America. Born in the Russian Empire, David loses his mother to violence and abandons his Talmudic studies to pursue a new life. He arrives in New York as a penniless greenhorn, slowly shedding his old-world ways while navigating love, labor, and the promises of his adopted homeland. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

• Psychological fiction
• Immigrants -- Fiction
• Jewish men -- Fiction
• Assimilation (Sociology) -- Fiction
• Clothing trade -- Fiction
• Millionaires -- Fiction
• Jewish fiction
• Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
• Jews -- Russia -- Fiction
• Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
• PS