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The Jungle is a novel by American muckraker author Upton Sinclair, known for his efforts to expose corruption in government and business in the early 20th century.
- Upton Sinclair
- 1906
May 25, 2024 · The most famous, influential, and enduring of the muckraking novels, The Jungle was an exposé of Chicago stockyards and highlighted dangerous labour practices, the cruel treatment of slaughterhouse animals, unsanitary food-processing conditions, and the resultant appalling food quality.
Oct 20, 2017 · A true story of a group of friends who join a guide for a trek into the Bolivian jungle, but face dangers and challenges along the way. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this action-adventure film.
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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is famous for disgusting America with its tales of meat packing workers falling into vats and rendered into lard, and all the things that went into sausages and tinned beef. (Cigar butts and poisoned rats not even being the most disgusting ingredients...)
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Learn about the plot, characters, and themes of The Jungle, a 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair that exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry. Find study tools, test prep, and full text of the novel on SparkNotes.
The Jungle is a novel by Upton Sinclair that depicts the harsh and corrupt conditions of the meatpacking industry in Chicago at the turn of the twentieth century. The novel follows the struggles of Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant who tries to make a better life in America but ends up in poverty, crime, and despair.
Mar 11, 2006 · The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Contemporary Reviews. In Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923. In Banned Books from Anne Haight's list. In Banned Books List from the American Library Association. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
