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The Jungle

(Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)

By Maura Spiegel, Upton Sinclair

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| Paperback | 9781593081188

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Upton Sinclair’s muckraking masterpiece The Jungle centers on Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant working in Chicago’s infamous Packingtown. Instead of finding the American Dream, Rudkus and his family inhabit a brutal, soul-crushing urban jungle dominated by greedy bosseContinue

Upton Sinclair’s muckraking masterpiece The Jungle centers on Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant working in Chicago’s infamous Packingtown. Instead of finding the American Dream, Rudkus and his family inhabit a brutal, soul-crushing urban jungle dominated by greedy bosses, pitiless con-men, and corrupt politicians.

While Sinclair’s main target was the industry’s appalling labor conditions, the reading public was most outraged by the disgusting filth and contamination in American food that his novel exposed. As a result, President Theodore Roosevelt demanded an official investigation, which quickly led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug laws. For a work of fiction to have such an impact outside its literary context is extremely rare. (At the time of The Jungle’s publication in 1906, the only novel to have led to social change on a similar scale in America was Uncle Tom’s Cabin.)

Today, The Jungle remains a relevant portrait of capitalism at its worst and an impassioned account of the human spirit facing nearly insurmountable challenges.

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    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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  • 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

  • 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 | Add your feedback

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