The JungleNew American Library, 1980 - 350 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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... chance for a new hand . The new hands were here by the thousands . All day long the gates of the packing houses were besieged by starving and penniless men ; they came , literally , by the thousands every single morning , fighting with ...
... chance for a new hand . The new hands were here by the thousands . All day long the gates of the packing houses were besieged by starving and penniless men ; they came , literally , by the thousands every single morning , fighting with ...
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... chance - would get to work at once , yes , tomorrow , with- out even waiting for Ona to be buried . They might trust him , he would keep his word , come what might . And so he was out before daylight the next morning , headache ...
... chance - would get to work at once , yes , tomorrow , with- out even waiting for Ona to be buried . They might trust him , he would keep his word , come what might . And so he was out before daylight the next morning , headache ...
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... chance he might attract attention and become a skilled man or a boss , as some had done in this place . Suppose that Marija could get a job in the big mill where they made binder twine - then they would move into this neighborhood , and ...
... chance he might attract attention and become a skilled man or a boss , as some had done in this place . Suppose that Marija could get a job in the big mill where they made binder twine - then they would move into this neighborhood , and ...
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Chapter 1 | 7 |
Chapter 2 | 25 |
Chapter 3 | 35 |
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