All Else is Commentary is a podcast of Jewish ideas.

This week, Elliott reads Reuben Sachs by the Victorian poet and novelist, Amy Levy. We see how this novel responds to George Eliot's Daniel Deronda, but also holds its own place in the history of writing by Jews and about Jews.

You can buy Reuben Sachs here: https://persephonebooks.co.uk/products/reuben-sachs

Or read it for free here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74419

You can find out about more about Amy Levy through the book by Linda Hunt Beckman: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amy-Levy-Letters-Victorian-Studies/dp/0821413309

Next week: We move forward into the twentieth century, as Elliott reads Naomi Jacobs's novel, Barren Metal.

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Episode Credits

Izzie Marcuson-Stafford ......... as ........ Amy Levy

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