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...In his use of the Yiddish common speech he stands alone. It is both the substance and the medium, and he has wedded it to characters who raised dialect to the stature of art. As Maurice Samuel remarked, life got the better of them, but they got the better of the argument.-- Books of the Century; New York Times review, January 1949
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May 25, 2004: Tevye's Daughters is a masterpiece of short stories by Shalom Aleichem. Focusing on Tevye, Shalom Aleichem made stories of lover, trust, betrayal, death, and the miracle of life. Some of these stories are very funny while others will make you cry.