The Jew

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Five stories of various dates, all melancholy.The epilogue "Enough" expresses saddest of the judgments on life, its brevity and worthlessness, while art is said to be only a momentary image of beauty."An Unhappy Girl," the longest story, deals with the miserable history of a Russian gentleman?s illegitimate daughter. From the ignoble humanity surrounding her she endures persecution and ignomy; but it is reserved for a young man whose nature is "to awfully symmetrical" to bring this proud and chaste girl to despair and suicide."The Jew" is a psychological study of a man about to be hanged.