Title: Downcast Eyes
Title Record # 2345537
Author: I. L. Peretz
Date: 1990-00-00
Variant Title of: Downcast Eyes [Yiddish] (1904) (by
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: I. L. Peretz
Date: 1990-00-00
Variant Title of: Downcast Eyes [Yiddish] (1904) (by
י. ל. פרץ?Peretz I. L.
)
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Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Originally published in Yiddish in 1904. Translated by Goldie Morgentaler.
Synopsis: A woman who appears virtuous has a corrupt spirit, while her sister who has become a kept woman remains pure at heart; and even after death the physical appearance belies the true state of things.
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Current Tags: fantasy (1), Jews (1), Czechoslovakia (1), 19th century (1), sisters (1), fate (1), external appearance (1), internal truth (1), physical corruption (1), spiritual corruption (1)
Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The I. L. Peretz Reader | 1996-10-00 | I. L. Peretz | Schocken Books (Library of Yiddish Classics) | 0-8052-1071-7 | $15.00?$: US dollar |
xxx+ 381+ [2] |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Anatole Kaplan |  |