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Jungle by Upton Sinclair (2006, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100812976231
ISBN-139780812976236
eBay Product ID (ePID)48695217
Product Key Features
Book TitleJungle
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicClassics, Urban, General, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorUpton Sinclair
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.4 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"When people ask me what has happened in my long lifetime I do not refer them to the newspaper files and to the authorities, but to [Sinclair's] novels." - George Bernard Shaw, "When people ask me what has happened in my long lifetime I do not refer them to the newspaper files and to the authorities, but to [Sinclair's] novels." -- George Bernard Shaw
Dewey Edition23
Afterword byArthur, Anthony
Dewey Decimal813.52
SynopsisIn this powerful book we enter the world of Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in America fired with dreams of wealth, freedom, and opportunity. And we discover, with him, the astonishing truth about "packingtown," the busy, flourishing, filthy Chicago stockyards, where new world visions perish in a jungle of human suffering. Upton Sinclair, master of the "muckraking" novel, here explores the workingman's lot at the turn of the century: the backbreaking labor, the injustices of "wage-slavery," the bewildering chaos of urban life. The Jungle , a story so shocking that it launched a government investigation, recreates this startling chapter if our history in unflinching detail. Always a vigorous champion on political reform, Sinclair is also a gripping storyteller, and his 1906 novel stands as one of the most important -- and moving -- works in the literature of social change., Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant arrives in America fired with dreams of wealth, freedom, and opportunity. Readers discover, with him, the astonishing truth about "packingtown," the busy, flourishing, filthy Chicago stockyards, where new world visions perish in a jungle of human suffering.
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- 01 Aug, 2018
GREAT CLASSIC!
GREAT CLASSIC! This is one of my very favorite books I reread from time to time. Had to get another copy because when I moved, it is stored in a place I can't get to! I recommend this for ANYONE who wants to know about the early 1900s immigrants and what they went through living in Chicago.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 15 Dec, 2021
Need for government regulations in 1800s.
Great book demonstrating how many needs existed for higher wages, better working conditions, better meat inspection, treatment for immigrants, elimination of sexual exploitation I'm work place, etcVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
