Zangwill, Israel (1864-1926).
English novelist and playwright, of Jewish parentage, best known for his studies of Jewish life in England and the U.S.
His plays include Children of the Ghetto ( 1899), published as a novel in 1892; The Moment Before ( 1900); Merely Mary Ann ( 1903), published as a novel in 1893; Nurse Marjorie ( 1906); The Melting Pot ( 1908), his most famous work; The War God ( 1911); Plaster Saints ( 1914); Too Much Money ( 1918); The Cockpit ( 1921); The Forcing House ( 1922); We Moderns ( 1923). Among his other works are The Premier and the Painter ( 1888), The Mantle of Elijah ( 1900), and Jinny the Carrier ( 1919), novels; Ghetto Tragedies ( 1893), The King of Schnorrers ( 1894), and Ghetto Comedies ( 1907), collections of short stories. The Big Bow Mystery ( 1891), was one of the first "locked room" mystery stories. Filmed ( 1947). Because of his outspokenness and his championing of unpopular ideas, Zangwill constantly put himself in public disfavor.
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