Stempenyu
A Jewish Romance
by
Sholom Aleichem
DEDICATION
I STEMPENYU’S PEDIGREE
II STEMPENYU AND HIS ORCHESTRA
III STEMPENYU’S AWAKENING
IV STEMPENYU’S FIDDLE
V THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN ROCHALLE AND STEMPENYU
VI AFTER THE SUPPER
VII ROCHALLE CANNOT FALL ASLEEP
VIII THE NEXT MORNING
IX ROCHALLE’S BIOGRAPHY AND CHAYAETTLE’S ROMANCE
X ROCHALLE AGAIN
XI ROCHALLE YET AGAIN
XII ROCHALLE SINGS HER LITTLE SONGS
XIII ROCHALLE GETS A LETTER
XIV FROM THE “QUEEN’S DAUGHTER” TO THE “KING’S SON”
XV STEMPENYU IS MARRIED AGAINST HIS WISH
XVI SAMSON IN THE LAP OF DELILAH
XVII STEMPENYU MOVES ONE LIMB
XVIII STEMPENYU FALLS IN LOVE
XIX A STRING OF CORALS
XX THE CORALS AGAIN
XXI A HEAVY NIGHT
XXII A FIRE IS ENKINDLED
XXIII THE FIRE BURNS BUT IS SOON EXTINGUISHED
XIV ROCHALLE GOES BACK TO THE RIGHT PATH
XXV A YEAR LATER
XXVI STEMPENYU TASTES OF THE BITTERNESS OF HELL
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