David Quixano, a young Russian Jew who escaped the Kishinev pogrom, lives with his uncle in New York and is writing a symphony about America as the crucible where old hatreds burn away. He falls in love with Vera Revendal, a settlement worker from a Russian noble family, and the past he fled follows him into the drawing room. Zangwill adds appendices answering his critics.
The drama that put the phrase ‘melting pot’ into common speech, still a pointed read on immigration and assimilation. Download the free EPUB.