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The Rise of David Levinsky - A Classic American Novel of Immigration, Ambition, and the Pursuit of Success
Hardcover
Classic FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515431329
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 454
Weight: 1.84
Height: 1.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Abraham Cahan's The Rise of David Levinsky is a landmark novel of the American immigrant experience, tracing one man's journey from poverty in Eastern Europe to success in the bustling world of New York commerce.
Born in a small Jewish community in the Russian Empire, David Levinsky grows up immersed in religious study and the traditions of his homeland. After hardship and limited opportunity push him to emigrate to the United States, he arrives in New York City at the height of the great wave of immigration that reshaped American society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
In America Levinsky rises from humble beginnings in the garment trade to become a wealthy manufacturer. Yet his financial success comes at a personal cost, leaving him caught between the spiritual world of his youth and the material ambitions of his new life. Through Levinsky's reflections, Cahan explores themes of identity, assimilation, ambition, and the complex transformation experienced by immigrants in a rapidly changing society.
First published in 1917, The Rise of David Levinsky remains one of the most important novels about Jewish immigrant life in America and a classic portrayal of the challenges and contradictions of the American Dream.
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