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The Jungle

By Emory Eliott, Upton Sinclair

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780451524201

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“Practically alone among the American writers of his generation,” wrote Edmund Wilson, “[Sinclair] put to the American public the fundamental questions raised by capitalism in such a way that they could not escape them.” When it was first published in 1906, The Jungle Continue

“Practically alone among the American writers of his generation,” wrote Edmund Wilson, “[Sinclair] put to the American public the fundamental questions raised by capitalism in such a way that they could not escape them.” When it was first published in 1906, The Jungle exposed the inhumane conditions of Chicago’s stockyards and the laborer’s struggle against industry and “wage slavery.” It was an immediate bestseller and led to new regulations that forever changed workers’ rights and the meatpacking industry. A direct descendant of Dickens’s Hard Times, it remains the most influential workingman’s novel in American literature.

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  • The Jungle

    The Jungle Upton Sinclair Penguin Classics Paperback 464 pages March 2006 The Jungle is, arguably, one of the most important books in American history. Much has been written on its significance for the pure food movement, on its author, Upton Sinclai ... (read full critics)

    curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

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    If more people read this book, the world would be a better place.

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    A poerwrful story of social injustice, a must-read classic.

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    Icedream said on Sep 2, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • A classic exposure of capitalist exploitation

    The first idea of this book was to expose the gritty cities and the meat packing industry of the period. Yet this book is also a warm, human tale of real human beings, beautifully written. It takes the reader through the pools of blood on the cutting room floor to the smell of the house the poor imm ... (continue)

    The first idea of this book was to expose the gritty cities and the meat packing industry of the period. Yet this book is also a warm, human tale of real human beings, beautifully written. It takes the reader through the pools of blood on the cutting room floor to the smell of the house the poor immigrant family live in. Sinclair brought into focus the way that the American industrial complex was (is) unjust and corrupt.

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    Francesca Materassi said on Feb 11, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • A crude description of the life of the working class in the US in times of the industrial revolution. Society, state, work, can be very well said to be a jungle, where cruelty takes place everyday and only the strongest survive

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    Ef said on Sep 9, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • This book will make you thankful for the blessings in your life. And you will become a vegetarian.

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    TaraS said on Jan 20, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • The Jungle is an amazing book. I simply couldn't put it down as each chapter left you waiting to see what would happen next. I suggest this book to everyone. Provides insight into the eternal battle between employers and employees.

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    Dave Sanders said on Jan 8, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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