The JungleHuge Print Press, 1920 - 413 pages 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. |
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Page 201
... tell you- " he said , with a gulp . “ Well ? ” Jurgis repeated . He followed the boy's glance to where the keeper was standing watching them . " Never mind that , " Jurgis cried , wildly . " How are they ? " " Ona is very sick ...
... tell you- " he said , with a gulp . “ Well ? ” Jurgis repeated . He followed the boy's glance to where the keeper was standing watching them . " Never mind that , " Jurgis cried , wildly . " How are they ? " " Ona is very sick ...
Page 211
... tell him . The family had moved ; they had not been able to pay the rent and they had been turned out into the snow , and the house had been repainted and sold again the next week . No , she had not heard how they were , but she could tell ...
... tell him . The family had moved ; they had not been able to pay the rent and they had been turned out into the snow , and the house had been repainted and sold again the next week . No , she had not heard how they were , but she could tell ...
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... tell him about them ; there were all sorts of animals among them , and Antanas could tell the names of all of them , lying upon the floor for hours and pointing them out with his chubby little fingers . Whenever the story was plain ...
... tell him about them ; there were all sorts of animals among them , and Antanas could tell the names of all of them , lying upon the floor for hours and pointing them out with his chubby little fingers . Whenever the story was plain ...
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