Title: A Chapter of the Psalms
Title Record # 2345538
Author: I. L. Peretz
Date: 1948-00-00
Variant Title of: A Chapter of the Psalms [Yiddish] (1905) (by
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Current Tags: story within a story (1), fantasy (1), Jews (1), 19th century (1), village (1), ability to perceive good or bad souls (1), Lilith (1), demons (1), demonic wedding (1)
Author: I. L. Peretz
Date: 1948-00-00
Variant Title of: A Chapter of the Psalms [Yiddish] (1905) (by
י. ל. פרץ?Peretz I. L.
)
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Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Originally published in Yiddish in 1905. Translated by Maurice Samuel, for "The Prince of the Ghetto", 1948.
Synopsis: After the oddly prestigious funeral of a poor water carrier, the great rabbi who organized it tells the tale of how the deceased secretly had the gift to detect whether a man's soul was good or evil.
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Current Tags: story within a story (1), fantasy (1), Jews (1), 19th century (1), village (1), ability to perceive good or bad souls (1), Lilith (1), demons (1), demonic wedding (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 |  |