The Jungle
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ISBN10: 1034611682
ISBN13: 9781034611684
Publisher: Blurb
Published: Sep 25 2026
Pages: 242
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.51 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781034611684
Publisher: Blurb
Published: Sep 25 2026
Pages: 242
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.51 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Jungle is a novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair. Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. However, most readers were more concerned with his exposure of health violations and unsanitary practices in the American meatpacking industry during the early 20th century, based on an investigation he did for a socialist newspaper. The book depicts working class poverty, the lack of social supports, harsh and unpleasant living and working conditions, and a hopelessness among many workers. These elements are contrasted with the deeply rooted corruption of people in power. A review by the writer Jack London called it, the Uncle Tom's Cabin of wage slavery.Sinclair was considered a muckraker, or journalist who exposed corruption in government and business.
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