The Jungle

Upton Sinclair, Jane Jacobs, Anthony Arthur

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Random House
15 September 2006

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

An attractive new edition for this perenial classic.

In this powerful book we enter the world ofJurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant who arrivesin America fired with dreams of wealth, freedom,and opportunity. And we discover, with him, theastonishing truth about ""packingtown,"" thebusy, flourishing, filthy Chicago stockyards, wherenew world visions perish in a jungle of humansuffering. Upton Sinclair, master of the""muckraking"" novel, here explores the workingman'slot at the turn of the century- the backbreakinglabor, the injustices of ""wage-slavery,""the bewildering chaos of urban life. TheJungle, a story so shocking that itlaunched a government investigation, recreates thisstartling chapter if our history in unflinchingdetail. Always a vigorous champion on political reform,Sinclair is also a gripping storyteller, and his1906 novel stands as one of the most important --and moving -- works in the literature of socialchange.

By: Upton Sinclair
Afterword by: Anthony Arthur
Introduction by: Jane Jacobs
Imprint: Random House
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 335g
ISBN: 9780812976236
ISBN 10: 0812976231
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 15 September 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Jungle

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