The Serio-Comic Governess
Zangwill, Israel / Hammerton, J. A.![The Serio-Comic Governess](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/342/34221252/CHSBZCOP0334221252.jpg)
The Serio-Comic Governess" is a 1923 short story by British author Israel Zangwill (1864-1926). Zangwill was a leading figure in cultural Zionism during the 19th century, as well as close friend of father of modern political Zionism, Theodor Herzl. In later life, he renounced the seeking of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. A notable portion of Zangwill's work concentrated on ghetto life and earned him the nickname "the Dickens of the Ghetto". H...