The Imported Bridegroom And Other Stories of the New York Ghetto
The book The Imported Bridegroom And Other Stories of the New York Ghetto was written by author Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951 Here you can read free online of The Imported Bridegroom And Other Stories of the New York Ghetto book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Imported Bridegroom And Other Stories of the New York Ghetto a good or bad book?
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" In court without Canopy and Dedication like Gen tiles ? What have you done, Flora ? " He sank into a chair, gnashing his teeth and tearing at his sidelocks. "Papaly, papaly, don t!" she sobbed, hugging and kissing him. " You know I ain t to blame for it all. " It dawned upon him that no serious wrong THE IMPORTED BRIDEGROOM 111 had been committed, after all, and that it could all be mended by a Jewish marriage ceremony; and so great was his relief at the thought that it took away all his ange...r, and he even felt as if he were grateful to his daughter for not being guilty of a graver transgression than she was. " I know you are not to blame, " he said, tragic in his calmness. " America has done it all. But what is the use talking I It s gone, and I am not going to take another sin upon my soul. I won t let you be his wife without Canopy and Dedication. Let the Jewish wedding come off at once this week to-morrow. You have got the best of me and I don t kick, do I? It seems God does not want Asrielke the boor to have some joy in his old age, nor a Kaddish for his soul, when the worms will be feasting upon his silly bones " "Oh, don t say that, papa.
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