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The Jungle

by Upton Sinclair
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In 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.
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Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: July 29, 2003

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  • ISBN: 9780553897791
  • Release date: July 29, 2003

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  • ISBN: 9780553897791
  • File size: 535 KB
  • Release date: July 29, 2003
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Kindle Book
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subjects

Classic Literature Fiction African American Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:8
Lexile® Measure:1330
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:6

In 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.
Expand title description text
Classic Literature Fiction African American Fiction Literature