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Esteemed by Oscar Wilde, England's 'greatest Jewess' may finally be getting her due

JL;DR SUMMARY Amy Levy, a notable Victorian Jewish novelist and poet, is undergoing a reassessment with Cambridge University's acquisition of her personal archives. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryJewish IdentityAssimilationLiterary CritiqueCambridge UniversityOscar WildeVictorian LiteratureAmy LevyReuben SachsLesbian Identity

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
"For book lovers, the news that Cambridge University has acquired a previously sealed personal archive of Amy Levy, a Victorian Jewish novelist and poet who won praise from literary notables of her era, is a cause for celebration."
London, United Kingdom
"At the British Library in London, Levy rubbed elbows with Eleanor Marx, daughter of the author of Das Kapital."

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