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Ghetto Comedies
Author: Israel Zangwill
Illustrations: J.H. Amschewitz Publisher: William Heinemann
Year: 1907
Source: Project Gutenberg

Jewish fiction

Simultaneously with the publication of these 'Ghetto Comedies' a fresh edition of my 'Ghetto Tragedies' is issued, with the original title restored. In the old definition a comedy could be distinguished from a tragedy by its happy ending. Dante's Hell and Purgatory could thus appertain to a 'comedy.' This is a crude conception of the distinction between Tragedy and Comedy, which I have ventured to disregard, particularly in the last of these otherwise unassuming stories.

(authors note)