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The New York Classics Collection: Stories of the City brings together 11 of the greatest works of fiction ever written about New York City, collected into one audiobook. Featuring a sweeping history of New York City in Washington Irving's History of New York, tales of the Jazz Age in The Great Gatsby; love and deception in Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence; alongside many more grand stories from 18th and 19th century, this collection will whisk you away into the high and low of the city that never sleeps, with some of the greatest novels ever written.

Step into the world of early 20th-century New York through the eyes of Abraham Cahan, the visionary behind the Jewish Daily Forward. As a Yiddish-speaking immigrant himself, Cahan sought to empower fellow newcomers to navigate their new lives. His most celebrated work, The Rise of David Levinsky, is a poignant semi-autobiographical tale of a Russian Jews journey from poverty to prosperity in America. Join us as we explore themes of identity, ambition, and the immigrant experience in this captivating narrative. - Summary modified from Wikipedia. Proof-listened by marinal88 and Mark Chulsky