Arrogant beggar / Anzia Yezierska ; introduction by Katherine Stubbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?-1970.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish women--Fiction.

Jewish women.

Women immigrants--Fiction.

Women immigrants.

Working class women--Fiction.

Working class women.

Boardinghouses--Fiction.

Boardinghouses.

New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

New York (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The target of intense critical comment when it was first published in 1927, Arrogant Beggar's scathing attack on charity-run boardinghouses remains one of Anzia Yezierska's most devastating works of social criticism. The novel follows the fortunes of its young Jewish narrator, Adele Lindner, as she leaves the impoverished conditions of New York's Lower East Side and tries to rise in the world. Portraying Adele's experiences at the Hellman Home for Working Girls, the first half of the novel exposes the "sickening farce" of institutionalized charity while portraying the class tensions that divid

Contents:

Contents; Introduction by Katherine Stubbs; Arrogant Beggar

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612904370

9781282904378

128290437X

9780822382010

0822382016

OCLC:

850213583