The imported bridegroom, and other stories of the New York ghetto

The Imported Bridegroom and Other Tales of the New York Ghetto - is a book written by Abraham Cahan and was first published in 1898. He was a Lithuanian-born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, politician and novelist. Abraham Cahan was one of the founders of The Forward, an American Yiddish publication, and was its editor-in-chief for 43 years. This book it consisted of five stories. The main story “The Imported Bridegroom” is about Flora, a Jewish girl who was born and raised in New York. Cultured, courteous and elegant, she is an avid Dickens reader hoping to find a husband who is a doctor and from a good family, perhaps not an immigrant. The other four stories are: A Providential Match; A Sweat-Shop Romance; Circumstances; A Ghetto Wedding. All stories in the book describe the life of Jews in the New York ghetto of the late 19th century.