The JungleThe Floating Press, 1 janv. 2009 - 652 pages 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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... fights —draws up a chair to the foot of the table. And the children shout and the babies yell, and every one laughs and sings and chatters—while above all the deafening clamor Cousin Marija shouts orders to the musicians. The musicians ...
... fights —draws up a chair to the foot of the table. And the children shout and the babies yell, and every one laughs and sings and chatters—while above all the deafening clamor Cousin Marija shouts orders to the musicians. The musicians ...
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... fights, if they once get out of hand, are like a forest fire, and may mean the whole reserves at the station. The thing to do is to crack every fighting head that you see, before there ... fight that night—perhaps because Jurgis, too, is 34.
... fights, if they once get out of hand, are like a forest fire, and may mean the whole reserves at the station. The thing to do is to crack every fighting head that you see, before there ... fight that night—perhaps because Jurgis, too, is 34.
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Upton Sinclair. There is no fight that night—perhaps because Jurgis, too, is watchful—even more so than the policeman ... fighting drunk when there come to her ears the facts about the villains who have not paid that night. Marija goes on ...
Upton Sinclair. There is no fight that night—perhaps because Jurgis, too, is watchful—even more so than the policeman ... fighting drunk when there come to her ears the facts about the villains who have not paid that night. Marija goes on ...
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... fight, because he was thinking all the time of Ona; and for the rest, he was a quiet, steady man, who did what he was told to, did not lose his temper often, and when he did lose it made the offender anxious that he should not lose it ...
... fight, because he was thinking all the time of Ona; and for the rest, he was a quiet, steady man, who did what he was told to, did not lose his temper often, and when he did lose it made the offender anxious that he should not lose it ...
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... fighting. The most uncanny thing about this neighborhood was the number of the children, you thought there must be a school just out, and it was only after long acquaintance that you were able to realize that there was no school, but ...
... fighting. The most uncanny thing about this neighborhood was the number of the children, you thought there must be a school just out, and it was only after long acquaintance that you were able to realize that there was no school, but ...
Table des matières
Chapter 18 | 317 |
Chapter 19 | 338 |
Chapter 20 | 358 |
Chapter 21 | 376 |
Chapter 22 | 393 |
Chapter 23 | 413 |
Chapter 24 | 431 |
Chapter 25 | 456 |
Chapter 9 | 167 |
Chapter 10 | 182 |
Chapter 11 | 199 |
Chapter 12 | 216 |
Chapter 13 | 229 |
Chapter 14 | 243 |
Chapter 15 | 256 |
Chapter 16 | 281 |
Chapter 17 | 297 |
Chapter 26 | 494 |
Chapter 27 | 525 |
Chapter 28 | 553 |
Chapter 29 | 580 |
Chapter 30 | 596 |
Chapter 31 | 619 |
Endnotes | 651 |
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