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Bread Givers

Anzia Yezierska

  • 297 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 1925
  • 10 editions
  • Free to read
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1 About this book

A young Jewish girl from New York's Lower East Side rebels against the tyranny and chauvinism of her immigrant father, determined to assert her freedom and independence.

Good for readers who want: a coming-of-age story and a book they can read free online.

  • Assimilation (Sociology)
  • Children of immigrants
  • Women immigrants
  • Immigrants
  • Bildungsromans
  • Domestic fiction
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Jewish families

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3 About Anzia Yezierska

1880–1970

Anzia Yezierska (October 29, 1880 – November 20, 1970) was a Jewish-American novelist. She was born in Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire, the youngest of nine children. She emigrated as a child with her parents to the United States and lived in Manhattan's Lower East Side ghetto.

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