The Sublime Jester

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Ezra Selig Brudno. The Sublime Jester

The Sublime Jester

Table of Contents

THE HERITAGE

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II

III

THE LORELEI

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III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

THE JUDENGASSE

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

A NIGHTINGALE IN A CROW’S NEST

I

Goethe

II

III

IV

HILDA

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II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

EUGENIE

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II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

THE SALON

I

II

III

IV

MIRIAM

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II

III

IV

V

THE MARCH TO CALVARY

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II

VAGABONDAGE

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II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

A HAPPY EXILE

I

II

MARGUERITE

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II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

THE JEST OF THE GODS

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II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

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Ezra Selig Brudno

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The mother was alone in the little shop, alone with her thoughts. She was not thinking of her husband’s reverses nor was she brooding over her own deprivations. She was wondering what would become of Albert, what would become of his promising gifts. For while she frequently complained of his idleness and of his perverseness she was confident that talent lay slumbering in the boy’s being. True, she had other children but her heart and hopes were centered upon her first-born. No matter what might become of the others, nothing must stand in Albert’s way.

A new idea struck her and the thought of it sent a gleam of sunshine to her dark eyes. She had a pearl necklace of great value and diamond earrings that might fetch a handsome price; at least sufficient to see her son through Gymnasium and the University. If she could not make a banker of him, which was her cherished ambition, let him be a scholar.

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