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poured forth, until, with the sun beating down, and the air motionless, the stench
was enough to knock a man over; all the old smells of a generation would be
drawn out by this heat — for there was never any washing of the walls and rafters
...
poured forth, until, with the sun beating down, and the air motionless, the stench
was enough to knock a man over; all the old smells of a generation would be
drawn out by this heat — for there was never any washing of the walls and rafters
...
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And there they would eat what they had to eat, and afterwards, because there
was only their misery to talk of, they would crawl into bed and fall into a stupor
and never stir until it was time to get up again, and dress by candlelight, and go
back ...
And there they would eat what they had to eat, and afterwards, because there
was only their misery to talk of, they would crawl into bed and fall into a stupor
and never stir until it was time to get up again, and dress by candlelight, and go
back ...
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You would begin talking to some poor devil who had worked in one shop for the
last thirty years, and had never been able to save a penny; who left home every
morning at six o'clock, to go and tend a machine, and come back at night too tired
...
You would begin talking to some poor devil who had worked in one shop for the
last thirty years, and had never been able to save a penny; who left home every
morning at six o'clock, to go and tend a machine, and come back at night too tired
...
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Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | The Jungle |
| Auteur | Upton Sinclair |
| Éditeur | Heritage Press, 1965 |
| Longueur | 334 pages |
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