Michael Gold’s bestselling novel Jews Without Money depicts the plight of poor East European immigrants in New York. It resonated with readers in 1930 facing not-yet-fully-acknowledged impacts of the Depression. Gold hoped it would counter antisemitic propaganda, but many readers grew repelled by his own Communist agitprop, and a later edition deleted his ending calling the workers’ revolution the “true Messiah”. Gold’s uncut original goes public domain in 11 days. #PublicDomainDayCountdown