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Yiddish authors like Sholem Aleichem and Y.L. Peretz strove to create a national literature. Shund stories, on the other hand, were written to make a profit, veering into the sensational and melodramatic — tales of romance, adventure, anything that would sell. https://forward.com/fast-forward/557976/thousands-of-yiddish-pulp-fiction-stories-finally-seeing-the-light-of-day/