The Jungle Contributor(s): Sinclair, Upton (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486419231 ISBN-13: 9780486419237 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $5.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: 1906 bestseller shockingly reveals intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards as it tells the brutally grim story of a Slavic family that emigrates to America full of optimism but soon descends into numbing poverty, moral degradation, and despair. A fiercely realistic American classic that will haunt readers long after they've finished the last page. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Political |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2001032352 |
Lexile Measure: 1170 |
Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Catalog Heading - Classics - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 5988 Reading Level: 8.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 22.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An ardent activist, champion of political reform, novelist, and progressive journalist, Upton Sinclair is perhaps best known today for The Jungle -- his devastating expos of the meat-packing industry. A protest novel he privately published in 1906, the book was a shocking revelation of intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards. It quickly became a bestseller, arousing public sentiment and resulting in such federal legislation as the Pure Food and Drug Act.-The brutally grim story of a Slavic family who emigrates to America, The Jungle tells of their rapid and inexorable descent into numbing poverty, moral degradation, and social and economic despair. Vulnerable and isolated, the family of Jurgis Rudkus struggles -- unsuccessfully -- to survive in an urban jungle. |