The Polack Archive includes a digital edition of Maria Polack’s Fiction without Romance; or the Locket-Watch (1830). This rare novel is believed to be the first by an Anglo-Jewish writer. Polack’s novel recalls the vibrant cultural activities of London’s nineteenth-century East End.

Fiction Without Romance; or The Locket Watch
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Elizabeth Polack was a fiction writer and poet. She was also the daughter of Maria Polack. Elizabeth Polack’s poetry and prose appeared in La Belle Assemblée among other places.
