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“Practically alone among the American writers of his generation,” wrote Edmund Wilson, “[Sinclair] put to the American public the fundamental questions raised by capitalism in such a way that they could not escape them.” When it was first published in 1906, The Jungle exposed the inhumane conditions of Chicago’s stockyards and the laborer’s struggle against industry and “wage slavery.” It was an immediate bestseller and led to new regulations that forever changed workers’ rights and the meatpacking industry. A direct descendant of Dickens’s Hard Times, it remains the most influential workingman’s novel in American literature.
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Ashley S. (Fast food nation....before there was fast food.
A look into the culture of early America, and potential communism. You will really feel for the families involved.
(my high school history teacher didn't believe I read the entire book. He didn't know about my biblophile tendancies!)
Joshua D. (This is probably my favorite book of all time. I found myself trapped in this tale and unable to put this book down. It is a classic in every way. You want to learn about America at the dawn of the industrial revolution, the treatment of immigrants or coporate greed? Do you want to read a book with happiness, heartbreak and great adventure? It's all right here!
I picked this up because I had heard of it but never read it. I admit I skimmed a lot as I am not interested in socialism. But the story of the suffering family was beautifully done; more than enough to keep me reading to the end.
Oh the horror. After reading this you will defend USDA inspections with your last breath.
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