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Salome of the Tenements shocked many critics and writers when first published in 1923, but its author was immediately hailed as a major new tal-ent. A love story of a working-class Salome and her "high-born" John the Baptist, the novel is based on the real-life story of Jewish immigrant Rose Pastor's fairytale romance with the millionaire socialist Graham Stokes. It also reflects Yezierska's own aborted romance with the famous educator John Dewey.
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Salome of the Tenements shocked many critics and writers when first published in 1923, but its author was immediately hailed as a major new talent. A love story of a working-class Salome and her "high...
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