The Zangwill, Israel 1864-1926 creator text utu 2011 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The King of Schnorrers: Grotesques and Fantasies" by Israel Zangwill is a picaresque novel published in 1894. Set in England at the turn of the nineteenth century, it follows the cunning exploits of Manasseh Bueno Barzillai Azevedo da Costa, a Sephardi Jew who earns his title as the King of Schnorrers through wit and aristocratic pride. With his Ashkenazi sidekick, Manasseh navigates London's Jewish community, cleverly exploiting traditions of charity to turn begging into an art form where the mendicant becomes master. (This is an automatically generated summary.) The King of Schnorrers -- The semi-sentimental dragon -- An honest log-roller -- A tragi-comedy of creeds -- The memory clearing house -- Mated by a waiter -- The principal boy -- An odd life -- Cheating the gallows -- Santa Claus -- A rose of the Ghetto -- A double-barrelled ghost -- Vagaries of a viscount -- The queen's triplets -- A successful operation -- Flutter-Duck: a Ghetto grotesque. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Schnorrers Release date is 2011-12-26 Produced by David Edwards, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Humorous stories London (England) -- Fiction Jewish fiction Jews -- England -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38413 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38413 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133857.0 38413