The Jungle (Modern Library Classics)
 

The Jungle (Modern Library Classics)

by Upton Sinclair

“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... (more)

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Yummy. Me wantie hot dog! This is my favorite "fiction." Though I am a non-fiction philosophy buff, this book kept me spellbound. The way in which the writing conveys the human cost of industrialization and capitalism is so bleak and straightforward that it is poetic. Sinclair's seemingly effortless precision in capturing the suffering working class in this book is sufficient to touch the heart of even the most wealthy and sheltered reader. The tragedy is that everyone talks about the...

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