The King of Schnorrers (1893) is a novel by Israel Zangwill. Raised
in London by parents from Latvia and Poland, Zangwill understood
the plight of the city's Jewish community firsthand. Having risen
through poverty to become an educator and author, he dedicated his
career to the voiceless, the oppressed, and the needy, advocating
for their rights and bearing witness to their suffering in some of
the most powerful novels and stories of the Victorian era. When
"England denied her Jews every civic right except that of paying
taxes," a class Schnorrers, or beggars, was forced through
desperation to survive by the charity of others. On Sabbath days,
the entrance to London's synagogues are crowded with groups of
these men, seeking from more recent immigrants, from those not yet
driven to poverty, some small token of brotherhood. As Joseph
Grobstock, a successful merchant, emerges from the service, he is
accosted by a man who appeals first to his charitable nature. When
Grobstock insults the man with a penny, causing the other
Schnorrers to laugh at his expense, Manasseh Bueno Barzillai
Azevedo da Costa, a Sephardi, curses Grobstock, who proceeds to
argue in an effort to preserve his honor. The King of Schnorrers, a
brilliant satire, earned Zangwill comparisons to Dickens and Twain
upon publication, and helped to establish him as an author with a
gift for intensive character study and a passion for political
themes. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Israel Zangwill's The King of
Schnorrers is a classic of British literature reimagined for modern
readers.
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