Reuben Sachs

Reuben Sachs

Amy Levy

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Alpha Editions
Año de edición:
2025
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9789371778732
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A quietly incandescent rediscovery: Reuben Sachs returns to print restored and reborn by Alpha Editions.Amy Levy s Reuben Sachs: A Sketch is a piercing, intimate portrait of 19th-century London life and the delicate tensions of Victorian literature. At its heart is Reuben Sachs, whose gentle fortunes and entangled romantic hopes reveal sharp truths about Jewish identity, social expectation, and the gendered pressures of marriage and class. Levy one of the era s most perceptive female authors blends witty social commentary with tender psychological insight to expose the compromises demanded by British fiction s polite society.This edition situates Levy s classic novel within its cultural and historical frame: a study of cultural heritage, assimilation, and the private costs of public respectability in the Jewish communities of London. As both literary sketch and social critique, Reuben Sachs is essential historical fiction for readers seeking compassionate realism and incisive critique.Long out of print, this Alpha Editions release has been carefully restored for today s and future generations not a mere reprint but a collector s item and cultural treasure. Annotated and carefully reproduced, it invites casual readers and classic literature collectors alike to experience a landmark Amy Levy book that helped shape conversations about identity, faith, and modernity. Essential for anyone drawn to Victorian literature, Jewish identity, 19th-century London, and enduring social commentary.

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