The Jungle

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

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  Carobookie said on Sep 7, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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

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  Icedream said on Sep 2, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  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 | 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

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  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

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  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 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 464 Pages
• ISBN-10: 014303958X
• ISBN-13: 9780143039587
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Pub date: Mar 28, 2006
• Dimensions: 1419 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 简体书, Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani

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