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The Rise of David Levinsky

Abraham Cahan · 1917

Original text in English.

More than two million Jews from Eastern Europe arrived in the United States between 1881 and 1924, and the Lower East Side lived off garment workshops. This novel follows one of them to the top.

Novel · 93 parts · about 169 000 words · about 12 h 13 of reading

Contents

HOME AND SCHOOL

1. I7 min
2. II13 min
3. III7 min
4. IV4 min

ENTER SATAN

1. I16 min
2. II13 min
3. III5 min

I LOSE MY MOTHER

1. I12 min
2. II7 min

MATILDA

1. I5 min
2. II7 min
3. III4 min
4. IV5 min
5. V1 min

I DISCOVER AMERICA

1. I13 min
2. II18 min
3. III8 min
4. IV5 min

A GREENHORN NO LONGER

1. I8 min
2. II5 min
3. III6 min
4. IV14 min
5. V11 min

MY TEMPLE

1. I6 min
2. II8 min
3. III5 min
4. IV7 min
5. V6 min
6. VI7 min
7. VII5 min
8. VIII11 min

THE DESTRUCTION OF MY TEMPLE

1. I6 min
2. II5 min
3. III10 min
4. IV7 min
5. V9 min
6. VI6 min

DORA

1. I8 min
2. II10 min
3. III10 min
4. IV6 min
5. V7 min
6. VI5 min
7. VII8 min
8. VIII2 min
9. IX3 min
10. X4 min
11. XI8 min
12. XII7 min
13. XIII4 min
14. XIV9 min
15. XV8 min
16. XVI6 min
17. XVII6 min
18. XVIII8 min
19. XIX5 min

ON THE ROAD

1. I5 min
2. II9 min
3. III7 min
4. IV10 min
5. V15 min
6. VI8 min
7. VII5 min

MATRIMONY

1. I6 min
2. II5 min
3. III4 min
4. IV12 min
5. V6 min
6. VI9 min
7. VII8 min
8. VIII9 min
9. IX10 min

MISS TEVKIN

1. I13 min
2. II14 min
3. III5 min
4. IV14 min
5. V8 min
6. VI4 min
7. VII9 min

AT HER FATHER'S HOUSE

1. I5 min
2. II15 min
3. III8 min
4. IV12 min
5. V13 min
6. VI9 min
7. VII10 min

EPISODES OF A LONELY LIFE

1. I5 min
2. II9 min
3. III2 min
4. IV6 min
5. V8 min
6. VI5 min
7. VII10 min

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