The Old Maids' Club

This volume contains 12 books by Israel Zangwill, the British author at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century. This volume contains ten novels and novelettes, including the famous The Big Bow Mystery, the first locked room mystery novel. It also contains the acclaimed play THE MELTING POT, a work that, in his own words, influenced deeply President Theodore Roosevelt. Finally, it includes a volume of essays. The books are: THE BIG BOW MYSTERY THE MASTER — THE MELTING POTTHE OLD MAID’S CLUBTHE SERIO-COMIC GOVERNESSWITHOUT PREJUDICES — MERELY MARY ANNTHE GREY WIG — CHASSE-CROISETHE WOMAN BEATER — THE ETERNAL FEMININETHE SILENT SISTERS