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The Jungle

by Upton Sinclair
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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a novel portraying the corruption of the American meat industry in the early part of the twentieth century. The dismal living and working conditions and sense of hopelessness prevalent among the impoverished workers is compared to the corruption of the rich. Upton aimed to make such "wage slavery" issues center-stage in the minds of the American public. Despite already being serialized, it was rejected as a novel five times before being published in 1906, when it quickly became a bestseller.

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Publisher: Duke Classics

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  • ISBN: 9781620113684
  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781620113684
  • File size: 471 KB
  • Release date: February 20, 2012
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Classic Literature Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1330
Text Difficulty:10-12

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a novel portraying the corruption of the American meat industry in the early part of the twentieth century. The dismal living and working conditions and sense of hopelessness prevalent among the impoverished workers is compared to the corruption of the rich. Upton aimed to make such "wage slavery" issues center-stage in the minds of the American public. Despite already being serialized, it was rejected as a novel five times before being published in 1906, when it quickly became a bestseller.

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Classic Literature Fiction