Tevye the dairyman and other stories
by Sholom Aleichem
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Sholom Aleichem (Hebrew greeting meaning "Peace be unto you!") was born near Pereyaslav, Ukraine, and settled in the United States two years before his death. The most popular and beloved of all Yiddish writers, he wrote with humor and tenderness about the Yiddish-speaking Jews of Eastern Europe and won the title "the Jewish Mark Twain". One of show more his creations, Tevye the Dairyman, has become world famous, thanks to the highly successful Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, which is based on Sholom Aleichem's Tevye stories. Although he also wrote plays and novels, it is for his short stories and his humorous monologues that Sholom Aleichem is best remembered. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Tewje, der Milchmann
- Original publication date
- 1894-1916 (Jiddisch, Zeitschriften) (Jiddisch, Zeitschriften); 1924 (Jiddisch, New York) (Jiddisch, New York); 1921 (Deutsch, ca.) (Deutsch, ca.)
- People/Characters*
- Tewje
- Important places*
- Anatewka, Ukraine
- Related movies
- Fiddler on the Roof (1971 | IMDb)
- Epigraph*
- Er richtet den Geringen auf
aus dem Staube
und erhöhet den Armen
aus dem Kot.
PSALM 113,7 - First words
- "There are many thoughts in a man's heart." So I believe it is written in the Holy Torah.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Adieu....
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 839.0933 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures - Yiddish Fiction 1860-
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- PJ5129 .R2 .T4513 — Language and Literature Oriental languages and literatures Oriental philology and literature Hebrew Other languages used by Jews Yiddish
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