Zangwill's The King of Schnorrers is a dazzling satirical portrait of late eighteenth-century Anglo-Jewish life, framed as a series of "grotesques and fantasies" in which beggars, patrons, and sharp-witted opportunists collide. At its center stands the schnorrer, a comic, tragic, and deeply human figure whose pride and vulnerability Zangwill renders with affection and irony. The opening scenes unfold in the crowded courtyard of a London synagogue after a thanksgiving service, where wealthy worshippers and a hierarchy of beggars perform a social ritual of charity, status, and humiliation. When the prosperous Joseph Grobstock distributes sealed packets of alms, the spectacle turns on him: one packet is empty, and the furious recipient, Manasseh Bueno Barzillai Azevedo da Costa, transforms insult into a lecture on dignity, theology, and the true meaning of generosity. Their rivalry escalates through a market dispute over a salmon, a forced apology, and a manipulative invitation to Sabbath dinner. Zangwill's world of verbal duels and social reversals culminates in a surreal memory-trading business, where recollections can be duplicated, rented, advertised, and even charged for removal, extending the book's mix of folklore, satire, and dark comic invention. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.