# The Rise of David Levinsky

By Abraham Cahan.

"The Rise of David Levinsky" by Abraham Cahan is a novel published in 1917. It tells the story of a Russian Jewish immigrant's journey from abject poverty to wealth in America. Born in the Russian Empire, David loses his mother to violence and abandons his Talmudic studies to pursue a new life. He arrives in New York as a penniless greenhorn, slowly shedding his old-world ways while navigating love, labor, and the promises of his adopted homeland. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychological fiction; Immigrants -- Fiction; Jewish men -- Fiction; Assimilation (Sociology) -- Fiction; Clothing trade -- Fiction; Millionaires -- Fiction; Jewish fiction; Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction; Jews -- Russia -- Fiction; Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction

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- [Rise of David Levinsky](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/9227) by Abraham Cahan (18 h 51 min, English)

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