From the villages and small towns of Eastern Europe - The Pale of Settlement - in the fifty years that span the turn of the 20th century came some of the finest folk humour. From these sources derive the stories of the great Yiddish writers, Peretz and Mendele and Sholom Aleichem - and Fiddler on the Roof. Marvellously siple tales of the poor, the vain, the foolish, the eccentric, the quick-witted and the gullible, the honest and the rascally. David Kossoff was one of the world's best loved storytellers and Kossoff reading Kossoff is a listener's delight. Each story in this unique collection is framed with carefully selected and appropriate music. Credits: Still from Fiddler on the Roof courtesy of Wiki Commons